Wednesday 11 February 2015

IMPORTANT LAKES OFNORTH AMERICA

 1.       GREAT BEAR LAKE: Lake of North West territories through which Arctic Circle pass. At port radium valuable deposits of pitchblende exist.
2.       GREAT SLAVE LAKE: Lake lies in the North West territories of Canada. On the shore copper and gold are worked.
3.       ALTHABASCA LAKE:  Uranium city lies on the north shore of lake, where pitchblende is found. 
4.        REINDEER LAKE: water flows north-eastwards to hudsonbay via the Churchill River.
5.       LAKE WINNIPEG: lake of Manitoba is a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz Saskatchewan River drains into the lake. Also the water flows north eastwards and Hudson bay via Nelson River.
6.       GREAT LAKES (HOMES)
                    I.            L. superior (S)
                  II.            L. Michigan (M)
                III.            L. Huron (H)
                IV.            L. Erie (E)
                  V.            L. Ontario (O)
Information:
Connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the st. Lawrence Seaway, to the Gulf of Mexico via the Illinois water way and the Mississippi river, and t New York through the Hudson River.
7.       Great salt lake :  located in Utah (U.S.A.)
                            Remnant of fresh lake called Bonneville.
8.       Lake Mead: located in Nevada (U.S.A.) reservoir of Hoover and boulder dam of Colorado river.
9.       Lake of the Ozark: located in Nevada (U.S.A.) reservoir of Hoover and boulder dam of Colorado River.

10.   Fort peck lake:  located in Montana (U.S.A.)

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