What is the name of the group of five lakes near the US Canada border?
The Great Lakes are a chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising the lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
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Lake Michigan, the second largest Great Lake (by volume) and fifth largest lake in the world (by surface area), is a globally significant ecosystem. Stretching over 300 miles, it is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.
Four of the lakes straddle the boundary between Canada and the United States. Only Lake Michigan lies wholly inside the United States. Of the total Great Lakes area—nearly 95,000 square miles (245,000 square kilometers)—the United States has about 60,000 square miles (155,000 square kilometers).