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1 This is Lake Superior. Has Media
2 The largest great lake by surface area and by volume is Lake Superior.  
3 Lake Superior is large enough to hold all the water of the other great lakes in the great lake water system combined.  
4 Lake Superior drains into Lake Huron via the St. Marys River.  
5 This is Lake Michigan. Has Media
6 Of the five great lakes only Lake Michigan is entirely within the United States borders.  
7 Lake Michigan connects to Lake Huron at the straits of Mackinac.  
8 This is Lake Huron Has Media
9 Lake Huron has the longest shoreline of any of the five great lakes.  
10 Lake Huron drains south through the St. Clair River to Lake St. Clair.  
11 Lake St. Clair is a large lake, but not one of the five great lakes, located between Lake Huron and Lake Erie.  
12 Lake St. Clair drains southwest through the Detroit River into Lake Erie.  
13 This is Lake Erie. Has Media
14 Lake Erie is the smallest lake of the five great lakes.  
15 Lake Erie drains via the Niagara River and Falls into Lake Ontario.  
16 This is Lake Ontario. Has Media
17 Lake Ontario drains via the St. Lawrence River and though several additional lakes into the Atlantic Ocean.  
18 A series of locks, canals, and lakes that allows ocean going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to lake Ontario is called the St. Lawrence Seaway.