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North America ke barraa talaab

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North America ke barraa talaab
Great Lakes
Five continent-sized lakes
North America ke barraa talaab ke chhaapa NASA
ke Aqua satellite August 2010 me liis rahaa. Left se
right: Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
Great Lakes ke Bathymetry map
JaghaNorth America ke east me
Coordinates45°N 84°W / 45°N 84°W / 45; -84
Rakammitthaa paani waala kuchh
talaab jon ek duusre se jurraa hae
Part ofGreat Lakes Basin
Khaas inflowsPast: precipitation and meltwater
Now: rivers, precipitation,
aur groundwater springs
Primary outflowsEvaporation, Saint Lawrence Naddi
se Atlantic Ocean
Basin ke desCanada, United States
Surface area94,250 square miles (244,106 km2)
Average gahiraai60–480 ft (18–146 m) talaab pe nirbhar
Max. gahiraai210–1,300 ft (64–396 m) talaab pe nirbhar
Water volume5,439 cubic miles (22,671 km3) (lowest)
Frozenaround January to March

Great Lakes, jiske North America ke barraa talaab bhi bola jaae hae, kuchh barraa jurraa mitthaa paani waala talaab hae jon Canada–United States border pe hae. Paanch talaab he Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, aur Ontario . Great Lakes Waterway ke kaaran log taab me boat se travel kare sake hae. Ii sab lake Atlantic Ocean ke Saint Lawrence Naddi se, aur Mississippi Naddi se Illinois Waterway me jurre hae.

Great Lakes, mitthaa paani waala talaab ke sab se barraa group hae agar area ke dekha jaae aur duusra sab se barraa agar volume dekha jaae. [1][2][3] Puura surface area 94,250 square miles (244,106 km2) aur puura volume 5,439 cubic miles (22,671 km3) hae. [4]

  1. "Great Lakes". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. June 28, 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  2. "LUHNA Chapter 6: Historical Landcover Changes in the Great Lakes Region". USGS: Ecosystems. November 20, 2003. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  3. Ghassemi, Fereidoun (2007). Inter-basin water transfer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86969-0.
  4. "Great Lakes: Basic Information: Physical Facts". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. May 25, 2011. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.