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The Great Lakes |
| 1. If you could gather up and
spread out the water from the Great Lakes, it would cover the entire USA
under almost 10 feet of water! About how many gallons of fresh water
are contained in the Great Lakes? Click here to find out!
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| 2. All but one of the Great
Lakes are in both the USA and Canada. Which lake is entirely within
the USA? Click here to find out!
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| 3. The Great Lakes provide
drinking water for 40 million people. About how long does it take for
Lake Superior to get rid of pollutants in its water? Click here to find out!
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| 4. How many species of endangered
FISH are there in the Great Lakes? Click here to find out!
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| 5. The Great Lakes were formed
about 14,000 years ago. What formed the Great Lakes? Click here to find out!
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| 6. Traveling by ship on
the Great Lakes can be dangerous! About how many ships have been sunk
or stranded on the Great Lakes since the 1800's? Click here to find out!
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| 7. According to this graph,
what is the cause of most shipwrecks on the Great Lakes? Click here to find out!
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| 8. All those shipwrecks!
Maybe that's why Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state.
Which Great Lake has the most lighthouses? Click here to find out!
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| 9. Michigan's sand dunes
are the largest freshwater dunes in the world! One of Michigan's sand
dunes on Lake Michigan is named "Sleeping Bear" after a Chippewa legend that
tells of a mother bear and her cubs who swam across the lake to escape a
fire on the other side. According to the legend, what happened to the
cubs? Click here to find out!
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| 10. If you stretched out
the Great Lakes shoreline, it would go almost halfway around the Earth (44%
actually)! How many miles of shoreline do the Great Lakes cover (US
and Canada included)? Click here to find out! |