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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; they are joined by the Straits of Mackinac ).
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.
United States. North American Great Lakes: 58,030 km 2 (22,410 sq mi) 4,930 km 3 (1,180 cu mi) Fresh Huron [n 1] Canada, United States. North American Great Lakes: 59,590 km 2 (23,010 sq mi) 3,520 km 3 (840 cu mi) Fresh Victoria Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya. African Great Lakes: 59,940 km 2 (23,140 sq mi) 2,420 km 3 (580 cu mi) Fresh Great Bear [10 ...
Boatzon looked at the economic and environmental importance of the 10 largest lakes in the U.S. Lake sizes and locations are based on Census data.
This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in the United States, grouped by state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Paleo-Indian cultures were the earliest in North America, with a presence in the Great Plains and Great Lakes areas from about 12,000 BCE to around 8,000 BCE. [citation needed] Prior to European settlement, Iroquoian people lived around Lakes Erie and Ontario, [2] Algonquian peoples around most of the rest, and a variety of other indigenous nation-peoples including the Menominee, Ojibwa ...
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America) (1 C, ... Pages in category "Great Lakes"