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What is the Great Lakes Basin?

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The Great Lakes Basin is the land area that accounts for all water flows into the Great Lakes. Of all Canadian and U.S. drainage basins, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system is socially, environmentally, economically, and historically the most significant. This basin is the responsibility of 40 million residents, the legislatures of two provinces, eight states, and the federal governments of Canada and the U.S.

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The heights of the Great Lakes above sea level along with their depths (m).

The Welland Canal overcomes the 99 m difference between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

 

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