The Great Lakes Information

The Great Lakes, a collective term for the freshwater lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior, are located along the border of the United States and Canada, and make up the largest collection of freshwater lakes on Earth.

Sometimes called landlocked seas, the five massive lakes collectively contain 22% of the world’s fresh surface water and are so deep that they could uniformly cover the entire continental United States in 9.5 feet of water.

With their combined surface area totaling 94,250 square miles, the Great Lakes are altogether about the same size as the United Kingdom and, due to their size and location, have played a critical role in the economies of both the United States and Canada.

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