Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America or the Laurentian Great Lakes, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes with certain sea-like characteristics in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
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Great Lakes Basin
The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada, whose direct surface runoff and watersheds form a large drainage basin that feeds into the lakes.
Lake Baikal
Rift lake in Russia.
Rift lake in Russia.
With 23615.39 km3 of water, Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined.
Great Lakes region
Bi-national Canadian–American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario.
Bi-national Canadian–American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario.
The region centers on the Great Lakes and forms a distinctive historical, economic, and cultural identity.
Chicago River
System of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 mi that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center .
System of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 mi that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center .
Though not especially long, the river is notable because it is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chicago Portage is a link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Basin, and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico.
Lake St. Clair
Freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan.
Freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan.
It is part of the Great Lakes system, and along with the St. Clair River and Detroit River, Lake St. Clair connects Lake Huron (to the north) with Lake Erie (to the south).
Ontario
One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
One of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Almost all of Ontario's 2700 km border with the United States follows inland waterways: from the westerly Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence River drainage system.
Michigan
State in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States.
State in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States.
Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake St. Clair.
Illinois
State in the Midwestern United States.
State in the Midwestern United States.
Owing to its central location and geography, the state is a major transportation hub: the Port of Chicago enjoys access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway, and to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River via the Illinois Waterway.
Detroit River
The Detroit River flows west and south for 24 nmi from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America, and among freshwater lakes, it is the world's largest by surface area and the third-largest by volume.