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  2. Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Great Lakes Basin showing the five sub-basins. Left to right they are: Superior (magenta); Michigan (cyan); Huron (green); Erie (yellow); Ontario (red). Though the five lakes lie in separate basins, they form a single, naturally interconnected body of fresh water, within the Great Lakes Basin. As a chain of lakes and rivers, they ...

  3. List of largest lakes of the United States by area - Wikipedia

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    The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.

  4. Great Lakes Basin - Wikipedia

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    Quebec, a portion of whose lands drain into the St. Lawrence Basin, is a signatory to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985, the 2001 Charter Annex, and the Agreements of 2005. [2] While not a part of the Great Lakes Basin, Quebec's position along the Saint Lawrence Seaway makes it a partner in water resource management with Ontario and the eight US ...

  5. List of cities on the Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    Detroit Skyline at Dusk A view of Buffalo, New York, taken from Outer Harbor Niagara Falls, New York from Skylon Tower Aerial view of Ashtabula, Ohio Toledo, Ohio skyline The Erie Skyline on Lake Erie The Chicago Skyline on Lake Michigan Milwaukee from the harbor River waterfront in Manistee, Michigan Aerial view of St. Joseph, Michigan The city's Financial District in Downtown Toronto at night.

  6. Great Lakes region - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, it is a stronghold of the Democratic Party although in recent years many states in Great Lakes region have become swing states. In Ontario , it has long been divided between rural and urban districts, with many rural ridings voted more conservative, and larger urban and Suburban areas voting Liberal or NDP.

  7. Great Lakes megalopolis - Wikipedia

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    The Great Lakes megalopolis consists of a bi-national group of metropolitan areas in North America largely in the Great Lakes region.It extends from the Midwestern United States in the south and west to western Pennsylvania and Western New York in the east and northward through Southern Ontario into southwestern Quebec in Canada.

  8. List of regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.

  9. List of populated islands of the Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    A map showing the Great Lakes Populated islands are most commonly accessed by bridge or ferry boat, although some islands also have airports to facilitate air travel. Tourism has helped the downtown sector of many island communities, such as the business district of La Pointe, Wisconsin, on Madeline Island.