Great Lakes - Wikipedia
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (though hydrologically, Michigan and Huron are a single body of water, as they are joined by the Straits of Mackinac).
Great Lakes - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Lakes are five large lakes in east-central North America. They hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water. [1] The five lakes are: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. Four of the Great Lakes are on the border between Canada and the United States of America.
Great Lakes region - Wikipedia
The Great Lakes region of Northern America is a binational Canadian–American region centered around the Great Lakes that includes the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Canadian province of Ontario.
Great Lakes | Names, Map, & Facts | Britannica
3 天之前 · Great Lakes, chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. They are one of the great natural features of the continent and of the Earth.
List of islands of the Great Lakes - Wikipedia
The Great Lakes islands consist of about 35,000 islands (scattered throughout Great Lakes), created by uneven glacial activity in the Great Lakes Basin in Canada and the United States. The largest of these is Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron in the province of Ontario.
Great Lakes Info & Artifacts – National Museum of the Great Lakes
The National Museum of the Great Lakes reveals the varied and fascinating history of our treasured Great Lakes, which make up 84% of all of the fresh water in North America. Come explore the history of the world's greatest natural resource—from canoes and schooners to early steamers and freighters—some of which ply the mighty Maumee River ...
Great Lakes - Wikimedia Commons
The Great Lakes are a group of 5 large freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway. The 5 lakes are: Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior.
Great Lakes summary | Britannica
Great Lakes, Chain of lakes, east-central North America. Comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, it forms a natural boundary between the U.S. and Canada. The Great Lakes cover an area of about 94,850 sq mi (245,660 sq km) and constitute the largest freshwater surface in the world.
About the Lakes - Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario — and their connecting channels form the largest fresh surface water system on earth. They cover more than 94,000 square miles and hold an estimated six quadrillion gallons of water – about one-fifth of the world’s fresh surface water supply and nine-tenths of the U.S. supply.
The Great Lakes - WorldAtlas
2021年5月16日 · The five lakes, Lake Superio r, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie, span across Canada and the United States and form the largest body of fresh water on the planet. Collectively, the Great Lakes occupy an …