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The five Great Lakes in order from the largest to the smallest Surface area are:

  1. Lake Superior : 31,700 sq mi (82,000 km2)
  2. Lake Huron : 23,010 sq mi (59,600 km2)
  3. Lake Michigan : 22,400 sq mi (58,000 km2)
  4. Lake Erie : 9,940 sq mi (25,700 km2)
  5. Lake Ontario : 7,540 sq mi (19,500 km2)

And according to Water volume:

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

These freshwater lakes are in central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada. With a combined surface area of 208,610 km2 (80,545 sq mi), together they share the largest body of freshwater in the world, i.e., they hold almost 21 percent of the world's surface fresh water.

You can easily recall them by simply remembering the acronym 'HOMES': Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. Another way to recall them is by "Super Man Helps Every One". Super- Superior, Man- Michigan, Helps- Huron, Every- Erie, One- Ontario

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