The Great Lakes

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The Great Lakes
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• Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake
  Ontario, and Lake Superior

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The Volume of the Lakes
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• 6 quadrillion gallons of fresh water
• one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water 95
  percent of the U.S. supply.
• Spread evenly across the U.S., the Great Lakes
  would submerge the country under about 9.5 feet
  of water.

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TOTAL AREA
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• More than 94,000 square miles of water (larger
  than the states of New York, New Jersey,
  Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
  Vermont, and New Hampshire combined, or about 23
  percent of the province of Ontario).
• About 295,000 square miles in the watershed (the
  area where all the rivers and streams drain into
  the lakes).

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TOTAL COASTLINE
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• United States and Canada -- 10,900 miles
• The Great Lakes shoreline is equal to almost 44
  percent of the circumference of the earth
• Michigan's Great Lakes coast totals 3,288 miles
  more coastline than any state but Alaska.

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How much of the worlds fresh surface water is in
the Great Lakes?

• One-half
• One-fifth
• One-third
• All of it

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Good Job!
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• One-fifth of the worlds fresh surface water is
  contained in the Great Lakes!

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All About Nichole
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• I am 23 years old
• I am a Special Ed major at WMU
• I love my cat Harvey and my roommate Corey.

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References

• The Great Lakes Website
• www.great-lakes.net

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