GREATLAKES
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water. The total surface is, and the total volume is . The lakes are sometimes referred to as the North Coast or "Third Coast". They have also been referred to as North America's fourth coast, as traversing the shoreline of each of the lakes covers about roughly the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Great Lakes
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