Great Lakes

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The great lakes
The great lakes

The Great Lakes are five very big lakes in eastern North America. They are, in fact, the biggest fresh water lakes in the world[citation needed] (freshwater is water that is not salty like the ocean). Four of the Great Lakes are shared between Canada and the United States of America. Lake Michigan is the only great lake that is all inside the United States.

View from space of the great lakes
View from space of the great lakes

The lakes are:

Water flows from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan into Lake Huron; then through the Detroit River into Lake Erie; then through Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario; and then through the Saint Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean.

North American Great Lakes
Lake Superior - Lake Michigan - Lake Huron - Lake Erie - Lake Ontario