Great Lakes

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geographical region group of lakes

The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Great Lakes canonical 122
Great Lakes region 6
Upper Great Lakes 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
group of lakes ⓘ
basinArea approximately 521830 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan

Minnesota ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Province of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Wisconsin ⓘ
climateInfluence lake-effect snow ⓘ
moderation of regional temperatures ⓘ
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
consistsOf Lake Erie ⓘ
Lake Huron ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
Lake Ontario ⓘ
Lake Superior ⓘ
contains extensive wetlands ⓘ
numerous islands ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Basin
ecoregion Great Lakes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes freshwater ecoregion
governedBy Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement ⓘ
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ⓘ
hasIssue harmful algal blooms ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
majorPortCity Buffalo ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cleveland ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
Milwaukee ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
notableFor largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area ⓘ
numberOfLakes 5 ⓘ
outflow Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: Saint Lawrence River
partOf Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway system
shorelineLength approximately 17600 kilometers including islands ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 244000 square kilometers ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (145)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago, Illinois, United States → isPortCityOn → Great Lakes ⓘ
Midwestern United States → contains → Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake Michigan → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Lakes → ecoregion → Great Lakes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes freshwater ecoregion
Lake Superior → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake Superior → isNorthernmostOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake Superior → isLargestOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Flemish Americans → settlementPattern → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region
contiguous United States → containsGeographicalFeature → Great Lakes ⓘ
Erie Canal → connects → Great Lakes ⓘ
Integrated Ocean Observing System Program → focusesOn → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Great Lakes
Amherst, New York, United States → region → Great Lakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Amherst, New York
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region
Lake Shore Limited → via → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement → appliesTo → Great Lakes ⓘ
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation → serviceArea → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region
Lake Huron → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
War of 1812 → theater → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region
Straits of Mackinac → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact → appliesToWaterBody → Great Lakes ⓘ
Marquette → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Marquette, Michigan
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region
Old Northwest → borderFeature → Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake Erie → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Lake Ontario → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → includes → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → outletOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes Basin
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → hasSubregion → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Great Lakes
Upper Canada → borderedBy → Great Lakes ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) → northernBoundaryReference → Great Lakes ⓘ
United States Lighthouse Service → appliesToJurisdiction → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes of North America
United States Revenue Cutter Service → operationalArea → Great Lakes ⓘ
Beaver Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Great Lakes ⓘ
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere → jurisdiction → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Northern Railway → connectedRegion → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Northern Railway → connectedBodyOfWater → Great Lakes ⓘ
Water Level Route → follows → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes shoreline
Manufacturing Belt → borderedBy → Great Lakes ⓘ
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels → appliesTo → Great Lakes ⓘ
Annex 11 Notification and Response → appliesTo → Great Lakes ⓘ
Annex 3 Chemicals of Mutual Concern → appliesTo → Great Lakes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes waters
SLSDC → usesWaterway → Great Lakes ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River → connects → Great Lakes ⓘ
containing Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest freshwater island → partOf → Great Lakes ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Huron
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse → region → Great Lakes ⓘ
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council → significantEnvironmentalFeature → Great Lakes ⓘ
Samuel de Champlain → explored → Great Lakes ⓘ
Northern United States → environmentalFeature → Great Lakes ⓘ
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Great Lakes ⓘ
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → borderedBy → Great Lakes ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence → drainageFrom → Great Lakes ⓘ
north shore of the Saint Lawrence River → connects → Great Lakes ⓘ
subject surface form: North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River