Great Lakes
They form much of the U.S.-Canada border. This topic is part of Water Bodies within Geography. This page currently draws on 13 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Great Lakes trivia questions
The Great Lakes are located in the United States and which country?
Answer: Canada
Bonus fact: They form much of the U.S.-Canada border.
How many Great Lakes are there?
Answer: Five
Bonus fact: They are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
Which Great Lakes are connected by the Niagara River?
Answer: Erie and Ontario
Bonus fact: The river flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
Which Great Lake has the largest surface area?
Answer: Lake Superior
Bonus fact: NOAA lists Lake Superior at about 31,700 square miles of water surface, the largest of the Great Lakes.
Which Great Lake is the shallowest by average depth?
Answer: Lake Erie
Bonus fact: NOAA gives Lake Erie an average depth of about 62 feet, shallower than the other Great Lakes.
Which Great Lake drains out through the St. Lawrence River?
Answer: Lake Ontario
Bonus fact: NOAA lists the St. Lawrence River as Lake Ontario’s outlet.
Which is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States?
Answer: Lake Michigan
Bonus fact: NOAA lists Lake Michigan as the third-largest Great Lake by surface area at about 22,300 square miles.
About what share of the world's surface fresh water is contained in the Great Lakes?
Answer: 21%
Bonus fact: EPA says the Great Lakes also contain about 84% of North America's surface fresh water.
Which waterway system stretches about 3,700 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean to the head of the Great Lakes?
Answer: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Bonus fact: The U.S. Department of Transportation says the St. Lawrence Seaway portion runs from Montreal to mid-Lake Erie.
The Great Lakes lie along the border between the United States and which country?
Answer: Canada
Bonus fact: Four of the five Great Lakes form part of the U.S.–Canada border.
Which Great Lake has a maximum depth of about 1,332 feet?
Answer: Lake Superior
Bonus fact: EPA also lists Lake Superior's average depth at about 483 feet.
Which large lake forms much of Malawi's eastern boundary?
Answer: Lake Malawi
Bonus fact: Lake Malawi is one of Africa's Great Lakes.