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The Great Lakes Basin

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Click on each lake to learn more about it.

KEY TO MAP: Coniferous Forest | Mixed-Wood Forest | Deciduous Forest
Low-Intensity Farming/Pasture | Intensive General Farming | Urban Areas


KEY TO MAP: Coniferous Forest | Mixed-Wood Forest | Deciduous Forest
Low-Intensity Farming/Pasture | Intensive General Farming | Urban Areas

 

See how the Great Lakes look from space!
 New NASA images added April 2003!
 

See how the Great Lakes look below the surface!
Great Lakes Bathymetric Maps from NOAA!


NEW!  Learn all about the Great Lakes basin as well as the basins of each lake in a new set of brochures available for just $3 from Wisconsin Sea Grant. Published by Michigan Sea Grant, each brochure describes the shoreline use, economy, ecology, and natural resource and environmental issues of each basin as well as the physical measurements of each lake.

 

"gifts of the glaciers" home page | the Great Lakes region as seen from space


We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions!

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© University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
web page created in 1998 by Stephen Wittman
basin map from Great Lakes Atlas, Environment Canada and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1995
last updated 2/23/04 wittman


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