Mar 4, 2023 · Draining the Great Lakes. The idea: Divert water from the Great Lakes into the Colorado River. (A similar proposal has suggested diverting the Mississippi River into Lake Powell.)

Dec 3, 2022 · North America's Great Lakes are the largest system of freshwater on Earth, but what wonders would be revealed if all the water were suddenly to disappear from Lake Superior, Lake Michigan,...

Jun 28, 2024 · The Great Lakes, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, are known for their vastness and the abundance of fresh surface water they provide. However, lakes do eventually drain as their outlets are eroded down and filled in by sediment delivery from upstream.

Dec 15, 2011 · The Discovery Channel’s Drain the Great Lakes dives below the surface of the Great Lakes. See the underwater topography of each lake and learn about shipwrecks, submerged waterfalls, craters and invasive species.

Oct 1, 2020 · The river, which drains the Great Lakes to the ocean, was widened in the 1960s, when the Moses-Saunders Power Dam was built to help limit water-level fluctuations on the lake. The dam can only do so much, however, and it was unable to prevent the lake from reaching a record high in 2019.

4 days ago · The lakes drain roughly from west to east, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence lowlands. Except for Lakes Michigan and Huron, which are hydrologically one lake, their altitudes drop with each lake, usually causing a progressively increasing rate of flow.

6 days ago · The Great Lakes are already home to a multi-trillion-dollar economy, with Toronto and Chicago leading the way, but the region also includes lakeside cities, such as Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., and others, that have shed population over the past 50 years due to industrial decline. These cities need more people; millions of Americans need more ...

The lakes drain a large watershed via many rivers and contain approximately 35,000 islands. [12] . There are also several thousand smaller lakes, often called "inland lakes", within the basin. [13]

15 hours ago · Several Canadian and American organizations that study and monitor the Great Lakes work together to compile their findings, said Mike McKay, director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ...

More than ½ of the original wetlands and 2/3 of coastal wetlands in the Great Lakes Basin have been degraded, drained, or converted since pre-settlement times. Losses have been particularly high in the southern portions of the basin.