Great Lakes Basin - Wikipedia
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.
Great Lakes - Wikipedia
The lakes connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River, and to the Mississippi River basin through the Illinois Waterway. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and the second-largest by total volume.
Great Lakes | Names, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月7日 · The Great Lakes and their drainage basin. 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.
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2024年10月21日 · The Great Lakes basin encompasses large parts of two nations, the United States and Canada. The Great Lakes basin is defined by science, engineering and politics. Most of the basin is defined by hydrology; watersheds that drain into the Great Lakes and their connecting channels are in the Great Lakes basin.
Map of the Great Lakes - Geology.com
The Great Lakes of North America are a group of five freshwater lakes that straddle the boundary between the United States and Canada. If you look at the political map on this page, you will see that much of the international boundary between the two countries passes over the waters of …
All About the Great Lakes of North America - ThoughtCo
2019年11月13日 · The Great Lakes Basin (the Great Lakes and the surrounding area) began to form about two billion years ago, almost two-thirds the age of the earth. During this period, major volcanic activity and geologic stresses formed the mountain systems of North America, and after significant erosion, several depressions in the ground were carved.
Great Lakes Facts and Figures | The Great Lakes - US EPA
2016年12月6日 · The Great Lakes basin is defined by science, engineering and politics. Most of the basin is defined by hydrology; watersheds that drain into the Great Lakes and their connecting channels are in the Great Lakes basin.
The Great Lakes - WorldAtlas
2021年5月16日 · Some of the significant fish that are found here include whitefish, smelt, lake herring, lake trout, salmon, catfish, bass, white perch, and walleye, among others. Ring-billed gulls, herring gulls, and terns are some of the common avian …
Great Lakes Science Center | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
2024年4月16日 · Our scientists work in the Great Lakes region and other parts of the country to meet the nation’s need for scientific information used by resource managers to restore, enhance, manage, and protect the living resources and habitats in the Great Lakes basin.
Great Lakes - Lakes, Ecosystems, Biodiversity | Britannica
2 天之前 · It is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, with a mean depth of 62 feet. The basin slopes from west to east with depths of 24 feet and 210 feet, respectively. It lies at an altitude of 569 feet, and its waters discharge at an average flow of 202,000 cubic feet per second.