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What states are touching the Great Lakes?
The Great Lakes Region spans Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Coverage of New York and Pennsylvania is shared between NOAA’s Great Lakes and North Atlantic Regions.
How many states border Great Lakes?
The Great Lakes give us the largest supply of fresh water on the earth. These lakes are bordered by the six Midwestern states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
What state owns the Great Lakes?
The lakes are divided among the jurisdictions of the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
What 3 States border the Great Lakes?
The Great Lakes region includes much of the Canadian province of Ontario and portions of eight U.S. states that border the Great Lakes: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
How many states do the Great Lakes touch?
The Great Lakes touch 8 U.S. states plus Ontario, Canada. Those states are Minnesota,Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Here is a list of the states that each of the 5 massive lakes make contact with and a few facts about each.
Which is the state that borders all of the Great Lakes?
Wisconsin – Borders Lake Superior to the southwest and borders 1 other Great Lake. Michigan – Borders Lake Superior to the south and borders 3 other Great Lakes.
Which is the third largest lake in the United States?
Minnesota – Borders Lake Superior to the west. Wisconsin – Borders Lake Superior to the southwest and borders 1 other Great Lake. Michigan – Borders Lake Superior to the south and borders 3 other Great Lakes. Lake Michigan is the third largest Great Lake, by surface area, but the only one of the 5 that is located 100% in the United States.
Which is the second largest lake in the Great Lakes?
By surface area alone, Lake Huron is the second largest of The Great Lakes. As we touched on above, it is technically connected to Lake Michigan and the two combined would be the largest Great Lake but they are looked at as 2 seperate bodies of water.