Презентация на тему GREATLAKES & Niagara Falls

Great Lakes include (from largest to smallest) Lake Superior,

Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. The St. Lawrence Seaway, a set of canals and locks, links the Great Lakes with the St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic Ocean. The lakes provide an important commercial waterway for the industrial and agricultural economies of the area.

of fresh water in the world. Located in central

North America, it is bordered by the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and by the province of Ontario.

of five big lakes, known as the Great Lakes,

located in central North America and covering parts of both the United States and Canada. Lake Huron is bordered by the province of Ontario and the state of Michigan. All of the Great Lakes are used extensively by the shipping industry.

of the five Great Lakes that is entirely within

the borders of the United States. It is used for commercial shipping as well as recreation. This view of the lake includes the city of Chicago in the background.

of the Great Lakes and the largest freshwater lake

completely in the United States. This view is from the hills of Naubinway, Michigan.

southernmost of the Great Lakes, is the shallowest, with

an average depth of only 19 m (62 ft). This presents navigational difficulties for ships during stormy weather, necessitating the presence of lighthouses, such as this one at Marblehead in Ohio.

on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario

and on the south by the state of New York. Some 311 km (193 mi) long and up to about 85 km (about 53 mi) wide, the lake covers an area of 19,010 sq km (7,340 sq mi), slightly more than half of which is in Canada. It is the smallest and most easterly of the five Great Lakes.

America, located on the Niagara River, in western New

York and southeastern Ontario. Niagara Falls was formed about 12,000 years ago.

(187 ft) from the horseshoe-shaped lip of Canada’s Horseshoe

Falls, a dense spray rises high into the air.

Niagara Falls consists of two cataracts: the Horseshoe, or Canadian, Falls (57 m/187 ft high), on the Canadian side of the river, and the American Falls (55 m/182 ft high), on the United States side.