The Great Lakes

What are the names of the lakes?

• The Great Lakes include:
• Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior.

Question to think about

• When The Great Lakes were forming why was it considered uniformitarianism?

History

• 11,000 years ago- Laurentide Ice Sheet - north-of the great lakes.
• ice sheet -grooves- formed meltwater.

Fun Facts

• The great lakes used to be apart of one giant lake called Algonquin.
• The lakes combined have more than 35,000 islands

How did it get that way?

• Seafloor spreading, erosion
• Sea floor spreading - oceanic crust -form
• Erosion- remove land - basin

What was the process?

• uniformitarianism -erosion & sea floor spreading.
• constructive &destructive
• land - removed
• built lakes

More Fun Facts

• With all the Great Lakes combined the area is 95,160 square miles.
• Lke Michigan is the only lake where all of it is in the US.