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    The Great Lakes are a series of five large freshwater lakes located between Canada and the United States that were carved out by receding glaciers around 14,000 years ago. They contain 21% of the world's surface freshwater and support a population of over 30 million people. Though an important economic resource, the Great Lakes have also suffered from industrial pollution due to waste dumped directly into the lakes by cities along their shores.

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    The Great Lakes are a series of five large freshwater lakes located between Canada and the United States that were carved out by receding glaciers around 14,000 years ago. They contain 21% of the world's surface freshwater and support a population of over 30 million people. Though an important economic resource, the Great Lakes have also suffered from industrial pollution due to waste dumped directly into the lakes by cities along their shores.

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    The Great Lakes are a series of five large freshwater lakes located between Canada and the United States that were carved out by receding glaciers around 14,000 years ago. They contain 21% of the world's surface freshwater and support a population of over 30 million people. Though an important economic resource, the Great Lakes have also suffered from industrial pollution due to waste dumped directly into the lakes by cities along their shores.

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    The Great

    Lakes
    What are The Great Lakes?

     The Great Lakes are a series of


    large interconnected freshwater
    lakes in the upper mid-east region
    of North America that connect to
    the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint
    Lawrence River. The Great Lakes
    are, from west to
    east:  Superior, Michigan, Huron, 
     Erie and Ontario. They are
    situated on the border between
    Canada and The U.S.
    How did they come to be?

     It has been estimated that the foundational geology that created the
    conditions shaping the present day upper Great Lakes was laid from 1.1 to
    1.2 billion years ago, when two previously fused tectonic plates split apart.
    Simply put, the Great Lakes were created by glaciers. About 18,000 years
    ago, the Laurentide glacier covered most of Canada and the Northern U.S. As
    the glacier moved, it flattened mountains and carved valleys. It's estimated
    that the glacier was nearly 2.5 miles thick.
     About 14,000 years ago, things began to warm and the Laurentide glacier
    started to melt. As it melted, water filled the huge holes carved by the
    glacier. This process took about 7,000 years.
    The importance of
    the Great Lakes
     The Great Lakes are the largest group
    of freshwater lakes on Earth by total
    area, containing 21% of the world's
    surface fresh water by volume. The
    lakes have been a major source for
    transportation, migration, trade, and
    fishing, serving as a habitat to many
    aquatic species in a region with
    much biodiversity.
     The population of The Great Lakes
    Basin is more than 30 million people –
    roughly 10% of the U.S. population
    and 30% of the Canadian
    population lives here. Additionally,
    nearly a quarter of Canadian
    agricultural production depends on
    these lakes.
    Pollution of The
    Great Lakes
     One interesting fact about the Great
    Lakes is that only about one percent of
    the water in the lakes leaves the basin
    each year. Because the Great Lakes
    are essentially a closed system and
    because of the intense industrial
    activity in the area, the pollutants that
    are dumped into the Great Lakes
    remain there, and become
    concentrated over time. And there are
    a substantial number of pollutants that
    are entering the Great Lakes in large
    quantities. A 2006 study revealed that
    20 evaluated cities produced more
    than three trillion litres of waste in
    one year. That is equal to 1.2 million
    Olympic swimming pools of waste.
    If it were a country, The Great Lakes Region would be the 3rd
    largest in the world by GDP.

    Fun Facts The Empire State Building would sink beneath the surface of
    Lake Superior.

    about the Lake Erie is allegedly home to Bessie, a ‘sea monster’-like


    creature that has been spotted on multiple occasions for
    lakes decades. The Cleveland baseball team - the Lake Erie Monsters -
    were named after this legend.

    There is enough water in Lake Superior to submerge all of North


    and South America in 1 foot of water.
    The End :)

     Bibliography: 
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes
     https://www.safewater.org/fact-sheets-1/2017/1/23/the-great-lakes
     https://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/facts-and-figures-about-great-lakes
     https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/great-lakes-fun-facts

     A presentation made by Nacu Bogdan, Cirligeanu Ana and Sfichi Cristiana.

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