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4 days ago · Lake Superior, most northwesterly and largest of the Great Lakes of North America and one of the world’s largest bodies of fresh water. It is 350 miles (563 km) long (east to west), and its greatest width is 160 miles (258 km) from north to south.
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3 days ago · Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is also one of the world’s largest bodies of fresh water. It is 350 miles (563 km) long (east to west), and at its greatest width it is 160 miles (258 km) from north to south.
- What lakes comprise the Great Lakes of North America?The Great Lakes are a chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising the lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
- How were the Great Lakes of North America formed?The present configuration of the Great Lakes basin is the result of the movement of massive glaciers through North America, a process that began ab...
- Where does water in the Great Lakes originate?The Great Lakes receive their water supply from precipitation, which increases from west to east and from north to south. The average annual rainfa...
- How do the Great Lakes influence the regional climate?The Great Lakes modify the climate of the surrounding region by absorbing a large quantity of heat in the warmer months, which is then lost to the...
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1 day ago · Minnesota ( / ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having more than 14,000 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten ...
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1 day ago · Minnesota is one of the 50 states of the US, located in the western part of the Great Lakes Region. The 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' borders the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba in the north, North Dakota and South Dakota in the west, Iowa in the south, and Wisconsin in the southeast. It shares a water border with Michigan in Lake Superior ...
3 days ago · Lake Michigan, third largest of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one lying wholly within the United States. Bordered by the states of Michigan (east and north), Wisconsin (west), Illinois (southwest), and Indiana (southeast), it connects with Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac in the north.
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1 day ago · The state borders Lake Superior and Michigan to the north, Lake Michigan to the east, and Illinois to the south. The Mississippi River forms sections of its state borders with and Iowa and Minnesota to the west.
2 days ago · Global average temperatures show that the Little Ice Age was not a distinct planet-wide period but a regional phenomenon occurring near the end of a long temperature decline that preceded recent global warming. [1] The Little Ice Age ( LIA) was a period of regional cooling, particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region. [2]
