When you think of North America’s great lakes, the first ones that come to mind are often the iconic five: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. These vast bodies of ...

Quick facts about the five Great Lakes: Lake Erie: The name was derived from erielhonan, the Iroquoian word for "long tail," which describes its shape.

With it size, it could contain all of the other Great Lakes plus three more lakes the size of Lake Erie. Lake Superior was just named No. 3 in USA TODAY's 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for ...

The easternmost Great Lake, Lake Ontario is the second smallest of the five by volume (about 390 cubic miles of water) — but as the downstream lake, it’s most affected by human activities ...

The Great Lakes of North America span 750 miles from east to west and form the largest freshwater system on Earth. Here are 10 facts about the fab five. ... As its name suggests, ...

The “real” Great Lakes became eligible for Sea Grant funds in 1970 through similar legislative sleight-of-hand — a federal law that declared the five lakes “America’s fourth seacoast.” ...

If you've been using the recently released Google Earth 5.0 to check out what the oceans look like from beneath the water surface (tip: use the flight simulator to fly underwater), you'll be happy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An international report on the Great Lakes shows that two of the five Great Lakes have a strong ecosystem, while three others have notable room for improvement.

The five Great Lakes contain a remarkable six quadrillion gallons of fresh water, enough to cover the lower 48 states with more than 9 feet. Six quadrillion gallons is 84% of North America's fresh ...