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u.s or canada
this is a random question but me and
my friends are debating over it. who
do the 5 Great Lakes belong to? The
U.S.A or Canada??? I know Lake Michigan
is in the U.S and the rest are in Canada
but wh country do they belong to?
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lake erie and michigan belong to the us and lake superior, huron, and ontario belong to canada.
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Neither.
Only Lake Michigan is contained entirely within US borders, the other four lakes all straddle the border, with both Canadian and American shores. They are considered international inland seas, if you want to get really technical. The sharing of those lakes is outlined in the The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 and the 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
Most of those treaties include Lake Michigan. Even though it is entirely contained in the US boarders, it's part of the shared water system, so both nations are still invested and concerned. Draining, selling or pumping of the water from the Great Lakes causes a lot of disagreement and public outcry each time it is threatened, especially since they are a shared resource containing almost 20% of the worldâ??s fresh water supply. In the last ten years there are been several more agreements between different levels of Canadian and US governments to try and regulate against abusive water withdrawal.
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