Great Lakes

The city with the busiest shipping port on the Great Lakes is Duluth, Minnesota. Its port handles a wide variety of cargo, including iron ore, coal, grain, and general cargo.

The Great Lakes were formed by the retreat of glaciers at the end of the last ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers melted, they carved out deep basins that eventually filled with water, creating the five Great Lakes we see today. These lakes are now connected by various waterways and support diverse ecosystems.

It was created by glaciation. The glaciers carried huge amounts of sand, soil, and gravel from the Canadian Shield and scattered them throughout the region. The Great Lakes are located in basins that were gouged out by the glaciers. They started off large and eventually shrank to its present size as the water drained into the ocean.

The port of Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior, has developed as a major center for rail, plane, and ship traffic on the Great Lakes. It is one of the busiest ports on the Great Lakes and handles a variety of cargo, including iron ore, coal, grain, and other goods. The port's strategic location and excellent transportation infrastructure make it a key hub for shipping in the region.

Frozen lakes greatly reduce the amount of moisture available to generate snow, and the lake effect machine is effectively shut off for the year once the lake freezes. Frictional convergence once the wind comes onshore and hits the land, especially if there are high elevations nearby, will allow for some additional lift, but it won't do much.

Lake Erie is really the only Great Lake that freezes completely, and it doesn't do so every year.

Of course, there are shades of grey here. Even when a lake is frozen "completely", there are still ice leads and other small areas that are open and participate in the latent heat fluxes that drive lake effect snow, but again, this won't contribute a lot either. Conversely, all five of the lakes begin to freeze near shorelines and in their shallower waters, so that removes a small source from the fetch of the lake.

The Great Lakes are at the northern border of the United States, except Lake Michigan, which is completely in the United States. Needless to say, the Great Lakes are in the northern US.

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the northern shore of Lake Ontario and has a population of over 2.5 million people.

Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea and the Great Lakes are often better conserved due to lower salinity levels, colder water temperatures, and a lack of wood-burrowing organisms that can degrade the wrecks. These factors contribute to slower deterioration rates and better preservation of the wrecks compared to those in the Atlantic Ocean and other salt seas.

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In a 2006 US Geological Survey, the estimated oil and gas reserves under just the United States side of the great lakes stands at 312 million barrels of recoverable oil, and 5.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. These estimates are for the US side only and I do not have any estimates for the Canadian side of the lakes. It should also be noted that Lake Michigan is the only great lake that is entirely within the United States.

The Great Lakes have an outlet: The Saint Lawrence. The reason why most lakes are not salty is because they have an outlet so the minerals do not accumulate. On top of that, they are well above sea level, so there is no chance of saltwater intrusion.

Five Great Lakes exist in the US. They are Lake Superior, Michigan, Erie, Huron, and Ontario.

Lake Michigan is the only one entirely within the United States; the border between the U.S. and Canada runs through the other four.

The Great Lakes were formed during the last Ice Age, which occurred between 110,000 and 12,000 years ago. Glaciers carved out the basins that would later fill with water, creating the modern-day Great Lakes.

25% of earths fresh water is contained in the Great lakes

The Great Lakes were formed by the retreat of glaciers at the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 years ago. The melting glaciers left behind depressions that filled with water, creating the five interconnected freshwater lakes we see today.

The US state of Michigan is formed of two peninsulas.

The "Lower Peninsula" extends north between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

The "Upper Peninsula" farther northwest extends between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and the two peninsulas are separated by the Straits of Mackinac, near the conjunction of the three largest Great Lakes.

The states that border the Great Lakes are in the humid continental climate zone. These areas experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters, and moderate precipitation throughout the year. The presence of the Great Lakes also influences the local climate by moderating temperatures and affecting snowfall amounts.

Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are known as the Great Lakes. The lakes border the U.S. states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Wisconsin borders Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. New York borders Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Michigan borders Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and Lake Erie. Each of the remaining states border one lake.

The great lakes were discovered around the same time but not all at the same time. They cover a vast area of many hundreds of miles. As explorers traveled west in search of new land they came upon the lakes and made note of them.

Lake Superior has the highest surface elevation of the Great Lakes. Lake Superior has an average surface elevation of 601.1 ft above sea level. Lakes Huron and Michigan are connected, so they have the same elevation of 577.5 ft above sea level. Then it drops down a mere 8 ft to Lake Erie which has an elevation of 569.2 ft. Finally, after flowing through the Niagara River, the water drops down to Lake Ontario which has an elevation of only 243.3 ft.

Lake Ontario is the Great Lake that is the farthest west. The other Great Lakes are Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, and Lake Huron.

Lake St. Clair is the smallest of the Great Lakes.

Water volume Lake Erie = 116 cu mi (480 km3) Lake Huron = 849 cu mi (3,540 km3) Lake Michigan = 1,180 cu mi (4,900 km3) Lake Ontario = 393 cu mi (1,640 km3) Lake Superior = 2,900 cu mi (12,000 km3)

The largest lake in Nebraska is Lake McConaughy, located in Keith County. It was created by a dam on the North Platte River and has a surface area of approximately 35,700 acres. It is a popular destination for boating, fishing, and other recreational activities.

There have been thousands of shipwrecks throughout history. The exact number is difficult to determine as many have gone unrecorded or have been lost to time.

During the last ice age, the great weight of the glaciers covering what is now The Great Lakes area actually lowered the land. It has been slowly rising up again since all the glaciers melted.

The melting of the glaciers provided tremendous amounts of water that scoured out pathways to the Pacific. They also filled the Great Lakes and overflowed to make rivers to the Atlantic.

The water flow created a river to The Great Salt Lake but not enough water enters it now to let it overflow to the sea. So the water just evaporates and keeps getting saltier.