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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Great Lakes


The Great Lakes are a collection of located in northeastern on the Consisting of Lakes and they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on by total surface and volume. The total surface is 208,610 km2 (80,545 sq mi), and the total volume is 22,560 km3 (5,412 cu mi) The lakes are sometimes referred to as the NorthCoast or " by some citizens of the United States. The Great Lakes hold 21 percent of the world's surface fresh water.





The Great Lakes are affected by three prominent air systems. There is a very dry and cold arctic system which comes from the North, another dry, but warm Pacific system that comes from the West, and finally, the system that evens it all out, a warm, wet tropical system from the south and the Gulf of Mexico.

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