The Great Lakes
Lake Erie
southernmost,
shallowest, warmest,
and most biologically
productive of the lakes
it borders NY, OH, PA
& MI, & Ontario
4th largest of the lakes
in surface area & smallest
by water volume
Lake Michigan
only one entirely in U.S
3rd largest in surface are, &
2nd largest by volume
nicknamed the third coast
because of the amount of beaches
its borders are IN,
IL, MI & WI
Lake Huron
2nd largest by surface area
longest shoreline of all the lakes
counting its 30,000 islands
its borders are MI & Ontario
was the first of the great lakes
to be discovered by European
explorers; scattered with shipwrecks
Lake Superior
largest of the great lakes
could contain all the great lakes
plus three more lake erie's
its borders: Ontario &
Minnesota, Michigan & Wisconsin
coldest, deepest, & highest
in elevation of any of the lakes
contains over 300 shipwrecks
Lake Ontario
bounded by Ontario & NY
smallest of the great lakes in
surface area
only great lake that doesn't
share a shoreline with Michigan
easternmost great lake,
lies at the base of Niagara Falls
3rd largest freshwater
lake in the world
14th largest lake in
the world
