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The Great Lakes acronym spells homes I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim, nevertheless still consider my knowledge of aforementioned material slim. Housing multivarious biomes register ecological syndromes whereby constituents of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory writ tomes. Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth Straddle Canadian–United States border tethering partial global girth Constituting 21% of world's surface freshwater species hearth Total surface equals 94,250 square miles And total volume equals 5,439 cubic miles immeasurable worth. Lake Erie from Erie tribe, abridged form of Iroquoian word erielhonan “long tail” Lake Huron named by French explorers for Wyandot or “Hurons” whence they did sail Lake Michigan likely from Ojibwa word mishigami “great water” aka outsize gold quail Lake Ontario i.e. “Lake of Shining Waters” shimmering like hammered coat of mail Lake Superior coined from French “lac supérieur” "upper lake", an emerald watery dale Ojibwe people called it gitchigumi medicinal to cure that, which might ail. These five lakes each reside in separate basin Form a single, naturally interconnected body of fresh water caisson Linking east-central interior of North America to Atlantic Ocean akin to an escutcheon. From interior to outlet at St. Lawrence River, Water flows via Superior to Michigan-Huron southward to Erie to avoid a shiver Finally released northward to Lake Ontario as like a well taut archer with his quiver. The lakes drain a large watershed via many rivers as an Olympic team Populated with approximately 35,000 islands this estimate not x stream. The Great Lakes region contains many thousands of smaller lakes, Often called inland lakes undulating in delving, cascading and brimming analogous to a fluid ream Lake Michigan the only one located entirely within United States While the others border between United States and Canada – essentially a liquid seam. Lakes Michigan and Huron are basically a single lake, Sometimes called Lake Michigan-Huron, combined doth make Total area of 45,300 square miles (117,000 km2) Have the same surface elevation of 577 feet (176 m), Connected by 295-foot deep Straits of Mackinac Islands splayed like a rake. Approximately 35,000 islands extant throughout oceanic like sea Largest among them Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron brushing up against Goliath knee. The second-largest island is Isle Royale in Lake Superior to boot Both these islands contain multiple lakes themselves alive with creatures that hoot. Unadulterated details gleaned courtesy Mister Google, which website buried under virtual sediment: The Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway connect the Great Lakes to ocean-going vessels. The move to wider ocean-going container ships — which do not fit through the locks on these routes — has limited container shipping on the lakes. Most Great Lakes trade constitutes bulk material and bulk freighters of Seawaymax-size or less can move throughout the entire lakes and out to the Atlantic. The Great Lakes also connected to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Illinois River (from the Chicago River) and the Mississippi River. An alternate track is via the Illinois River (from Chicago), to the Mississippi, up the Ohio, and then through the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (combination of a series of rivers and lakes and canals), to Mobile Bay and the Gulf. Commercial tug-and-barge traffic on these waterways quite heavy. Pleasure boats can also enter or exit the Great Lakes by way of the Erie Canal and Hudson River in New York. The Erie Canal connects to the Great Lakes at the east end of Lake Erie (at Buffalo, New York) and at the south side of Lake Ontario (at Oswego, New York). The Great Lakes contain 21% of the world’s fresh surface water: 5,472 cubic miles (22,810 km3), or 6.0×1015 U.S. gallons (2.3×1016 liters). This equals enough water to cover the 48 contiguous U.S. states to a uniform depth of 9.5 feet (2.9 m). Although the lakes contain a large percentage of the world's fresh water, the Great Lakes supply only a small portion of U.S. drinking water on a national basis (roughly 4.2%). Winter 2009–10 ranked somewhat mild, the precipitation was below normal for the Great Lakes Basin. Mean lake levels then thought to be slightly below or at their levels of 2009. An ice jam in February 2010 dropped the level in Lake St. Clair. Since the jam got removed the level has come back to its average. As of March 2010, the lakes were at the level, or slightly below, where they were in March 2009. The combined surface area of the lakes equals approximately 94,250 square miles (244,100 km2)— nearly the same size as the United Kingdom, and larger than the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire combined. The Great Lakes coast measures approximately 10,500 miles (16,900 km); however, the length of a coastline impossible mission to measure exactly cuz topographical feature not well-defined.
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