Burundi and Rwanda dispute sections of border on the Akanyaru / Kanyaru and the Kagera / Nyabarongo rivers, which have changed course since the 1960s, when the boundary was delimited ; cross-border conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces persist in the Great Lakes region.

The other listed destinations were Istanbul, Berlin, Cape Town, Saqqara, Washington DC, Cambodia, Waiheke Island, Cartagena, Waterton Lakes National Park, the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, Alabama and the Lassen Volcanic National Park

Cazenovia Lake to the east, although smaller, is sometimes called " the twelfth Finger Lake ," because it is similar in shape, located in Appalachian hill terrain, with a historic village linked to other Finger Lakes by US 20.

The moraine caused the Tioughnioga River to flow south instead of north, the opposite of the other waters of the Finger Lakes.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

As with some Bantu groups, the Kipsigis and other Nilotes in the Great Lakes region have through interaction adopted many customs and practices from neighboring Southern Cushitic groups, including the age set system of social organization, circumcision, and vocabulary terms.

Lake Erie's water level fluctuates with the seasons as in the other Great Lakes.

Like the other Great Lakes, Lake Ontario used to have an important commercial fishery.

The other four Great Lakes are shared by the US and Canada.

The current extent of Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes and other major lakes of North America are a consequence of the Canadian Shield's readjustment since the last ice age ; different shorelines have existed over the course of Quaternary time.

Burundi and Rwanda dispute sections of border on the Akanyaru / Kanyaru and the Kagera / Nyabarongo rivers, which have changed course since the 1960s, when the boundary was delimited ; cross-border conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces persist in the Great Lakes region.

Toledo, like several other cities in the Great Lakes region, experiences a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfa ), characterized by four distinct seasons.

However, this effect is lessened in the winter by the fact that Lake Erie freezes over in most winters ( unlike the other Great Lakes ), coupled with prevailing winds that are often westerly.

Ohio would thus be granted access to most or all of the Lake Erie shoreline west of Pennsylvania, and any other new states carved out of the Northwest Territory would have access to the Great Lakes via Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior.

This status was renewed and reinforced by the Quebec Act of 1774, which expanded Quebec's territory to include part of the Indian Reserve to the west ( i. e., parts of southern Ontario ), and other western territories south of the Great Lakes including much of what would become the United States ' Northwest Territory, including the modern states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota.

Many other battles were fought in American territory bordering Upper Canada, including the Northwest Territory ( most in modern day Michigan ), upstate New York and naval battles in the Great Lakes.

The commission, in a cooperative venture with other Great Lakes agencies and organizations, hosts the Great Lakes Information Network ( GLIN ), an Internet-based network that serves as a decision-support tool for those who make, implement or otherwise influence public policy in the region.

White perch are known to eat the eggs of many species native to the Great Lakes, such as walleye and other true perches.

Most commercial fisheries for walleye are situated in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes, but there are other locations, as well.

In the 19th century, historians and ethnographers recorded their oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian-speaking peoples were located.

Other historians hold that, judging from linguistic and cultural data, the Tuscarora people migrated South from other Iroquoian-speaking people in the Great Lakes region in ancient times.

Like the other Great Lakes, it was formed by melting ice as the continental glaciers retreated toward the end of the last ice age.

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

The Hudson River connects Albany to the Atlantic port of New York City and the Erie Canal completed a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.

The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.

Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21 % of the world's surface fresh water.

It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time.

Because it is the shallowest, it is also the warmest of the Great Lakes, and in 1999 this almost became a problem for two nuclear power plants which require cool lake water to keep their reactors cool.

As with all the Great Lakes, water levels change both within the year ( owing to seasonal changes in water input ) and among years ( owing to longer term trends in precipitation ).

Although it is smaller than the Great Lakes of Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior, or Michigan, Lake Champlain is a large body of fresh water.

Salt water provides for greater organic activity than freshwater, and in particular, the shipworm, terredo navalis, lives only in salt water, so some of the best preservation in the absence of sediments has been found in the cold, dark waters of the Great Lakes in North America and in the ( low salinity ) Baltic Sea ( where the Vasa was preserved ).

Lakes that rely on ground water are often affected by nitrification through this process.

Lower water levels in the Great Lakes have also posed problems for some vessels in recent years.

At long, It is the second longest of the Finger Lakes and has the largest volume, estimated at 4. 2 trillion US gallons ( 16 km³ ), roughly half of the water in all the Finger Lakes.

Lakes and lagoons are numerous, and a high water table makes digging wells easy.

** The Cuyahoga River fire helps spur an avalanche of water pollution control activities resulting in the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency

The natural valley aquifer is close to the surface in this part of the valley, and helps with maintenance of water levels in the San Luis Lakes, just to the west of the sand dunes.

On January 13, 2006, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority released plans for a major renovation of the Pier, which would include a monorail, a spokeless Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, floating hotel, and an water park with a Great Lakes theme.

The Great Lakes Commission is a United States interstate agency established in 1955 through the Great Lakes Compact, in order to " promote the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin ," which includes the Saint Lawrence River.

Its drainage area, which includes the Great Lakes and hence the world's largest system of fresh water lakes, has a size of, of which is in Canada and is in the United States.

Onieda Lake, the Finger Lakes, and smaller bodies of water provide recreation.

Glen Arbor is situated on a small strip of land directly between the Glen Lakes and Lake Michigan which allows visitors to choose from two different bodies of water from which to waterski, fish, or sunbathe.

Pittsburg is home to the four Connecticut Lakes, Back Lake, part of Lake Francis, and numerous smaller water bodies.

Winchester has several major bodies of water, including the Mystic Lakes, Wedge Pond, Winter Pond, and the Aberjona River, as well as several minor bodies of water such as Sucker Brook and Sachem Swamp.

A joint group of American and Canadian scientists researching Scaup migration across the Great Lakes found that 100 % of female Greater Scaup, and 77 % of female Lesser Scaup, had escalated levels of selenium in their bodies.

The airline also stated that an event of a water landing on the regional airline routes was almost zero, as there is no operation over great bodies of water except for the Great Lakes and that in all circumstances, the airline always remains within from land, as stipulated in the law, which removes the obligation from carrying any flotation devices.

Lakes and cenotes are the major water bodies of the municipality.

These churches are also organized into 11 regional bodies: Northwest, Southeast, Great Lakes, Heartland, Minnesota-Iowa, MidAtlantic, Converge MidAmerica, PacWest, Northeast, Rocky Mountain, and Southwest.

The infestation of European Zebra Mussels, which has impacted many North American bodies of water, has also affected Keuka Lake and other Finger Lakes in New York.

The Native peoples of North America told legends of a race of " little people " who lived in the woods near sandy hills and sometimes near rocks located along large bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes.

Still other parks on land and in the Great Lakes are maintained by other governmental bodies.

A lacustuary is a freshwater estuary where river and lake waters mix, especially near large bodies of fresh water such as the Great Lakes.

Behind extratropical cyclones, rainbands can form downwind of relative warm bodies of water such as the Great Lakes.

The bodies of water that comprise Virginia Lakes include Trumbull Lake, Red Lake, Blue Lake, Big Virginia Lake, Little Virginia Lake, Cooney Lake, Moat Lake and the Frog Lakes.

Lakes or other large bodies of water usually hold colonies.