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The Great Lakes region of North America is a bi-national Canadian-American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. The region borders the Great Lakes and forms a distinctive historical, economic, and cultural identity. A portion of the region also encompasses most of the Great Lakes Megalopolis, which extends outside the region to St. Louis, Missouri.
The Great Lakes Commission, authorized by the region's American states and Province of Ontario, and the additional Canadian Province of Quebec, comprises a bi-national authority with specified powers to protect and preserve the water and environmental resources of the Great Lakes and surrounding waterways and aquifers. The Commission's authorities are confirmed by the Canadian and American federal governments, and by its constituent states and provinces.
The Great Lakes region takes its name from the corresponding geological formation of the Great Lakes Basin, a narrow watershed encompassing The Great Lakes, bounded by watersheds to the region's north (Hudson Bay), west (Mississippi), east and south (Ohio). To the east, the rivers of St. Lawrence, Richelieu, Hudson, Mohawk and Susquehanna form an arc of watersheds east to The Atlantic.
The Great Lakes (also called the Laurentian Great Lakes, or the Great Lakes of North America) are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron (or Michigan–Huron), Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The total surface is 94,250 square miles (244,106 km2), and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is 5,439 cubic miles (22,671 km3). Due to their sea-like characteristics (rolling waves, sustained winds, strong currents, great depths, and distant horizons) the five Great Lakes have also long been referred to as inland seas. Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area, and Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is entirely within one country. The southern half of the Great Lakes is surrounded by the Great Lakes Megalopolis.
A new series I'm doing, basically teaching the basic geography of important regions or areas. Basically to teach students, or those who want to learn more. This week is the Great Lakes. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geographyhub Music by: https://soundcloud.com/samkuzel Ending Credit Song: Chase Time for a swim, Izz.
Just me and my friends making a school project.
The Great Lakes of North America Consist of Lakes Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The Guru Brew is a bi-weekly entertainment show that is posted on the internet every Wednesday and Saturday. Our video's are mainly aimed at subjects like science, computers and technology and everything gadget related (we love gadgets). Are aim is to present these video lessons and demonstrations in a very simple, easy to understand way that any novice can grasp. Please join us as we document our techie adventures where something fun and new is always brewing. You are invited to subscribe to our YouTube channel at no charge so that you will notified by ema...
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has agreed to hold talks to end a 10-month-old crisis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday, but the main opposition group dismissed the plan as a "false opening".VIDEOGRAPHIC
This video details highlights of the effects Geological Isostatic Adjustment has had on the formation of the Great Lakes Region and provides possible insights to the future of North America's Great Lakes water Security. This video is by Robert Hughson.
Burundi is on the edge of civil war if peace talks ending violence and unrest in the country don't start immediately. That's what the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa believes. Speaking to Vox News Thomas Periello said action needed to be taken quickly to end the violence which has continued since President Pierre Nkurunziza won a presidental election - giving him a thrid term in office. Something critics and protestors say was unconstitutional. He's now given a deadline of tomorrow for illegal firearms to be given... or protesters would face serious consequences. But speaking to me earlier Mr Perriello said there was still a chance for peace.
U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Thomas Perriello and U.N. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Said Djinnit brief journalists on efforts to achieve peace, stability, prosperity in the Great Lakes Region at the New York Foreign Press Center. A transcript is available at http://fpc.state.gov/247629.htm.
The United Nations Security Council is meeting to discuss the Great Lakes region of Africa amid criticism and concern from the U.N. and the U.S. about human rights violations. The ministerial level discussion was convened by this month's Security Council chair, Angola, to mark the launch of the U.N.'s Regional Strategic Framework.
Follow @HouseForeign Subcommittee Hearing: Africa’s Great Lakes Region: A Security, Political, and Humanitarian Challenge Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Chairman 2200 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Oct 22, 2015 2:00pm More info: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-africa-s-great-lakes-region-security-political-and-humanitarian
There’s a reason Midwesterners love talking about the weather: It’s unpredictable. In this four-week University of Wisconsin–Madison Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), we’ll explore the weather of the Great Lakes and how climate change has impacted the region. We’ll examine one season per week, sharing the science behind the weather using information from the National Weather Service, the recent National Climate Assessment, and the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts. Join us Feb 23, 2015 for “Changing Weather & Climate in the Great Lakes Region.” More info on this MOOC at http://moocs.wisc.edu/mooc/great-lakes-weather-and-climate. More info on all 6 2015 UW-Madison MOOCs at http://moocs.wisc.edu.
Mark Fisher, Chief Executive Officer, Council of the Great Lakes Region.
The diverse and often unique landscapes in the Great Lakes region are home to expansive habitats and numerous native species, including several globally rare species. This session will focus on the actions being taken by Canada and the United States to protect native species and restore degraded habitats, recover populations of species at risk, and work towards the goal of a net habitat gain in the Great Lakes Basin.
Rover Boys on the Great Lakes | Arthur M. Winfield | Action & Adventure Fiction | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 1/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. The continuing saga of those rambunctious Rover Boys, brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam, takes them to the Great Lakes region of the northern U.S.. Expect the usual adventure and ultimately heroic encounters with bad apples, like arch-enemies the Baxter clan and simpering Josiah Crabtree. - Summary by Matt Pierard This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/
Rover Boys on the Great Lakes | Arthur M. Winfield | Action & Adventure Fiction | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 2/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. The continuing saga of those rambunctious Rover Boys, brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam, takes them to the Great Lakes region of the northern U.S.. Expect the usual adventure and ultimately heroic encounters with bad apples, like arch-enemies the Baxter clan and simpering Josiah Crabtree. - Summary by Matt Pierard This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/
Rover Boys on the Great Lakes | Arthur M. Winfield | Action & Adventure Fiction | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 3/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. The continuing saga of those rambunctious Rover Boys, brothers Dick, Tom, and Sam, takes them to the Great Lakes region of the northern U.S.. Expect the usual adventure and ultimately heroic encounters with bad apples, like arch-enemies the Baxter clan and simpering Josiah Crabtree. - Summary by Matt Pierard This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/
Read your free e-book: http://copydl.space/mebk/50/en/B008BBWDZU/book In this book, we document and evaluate the recovery of gray wolves (canis lupus) in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The Great Lakes region is unique in that it was the only portion of the lower 48 states where wolves were never cpletely extirpated. This region also contains the area where many of the first mern concepts of wolf conservation and research where developed. Early proponents of wolf conservation such as Aldo Leopold, Sigurd Olson, and Durward Allen lived and worked in the region. The longest ongoing research on wolfprey relations (see Vucetich and Peterson, Chap. 3) and the first use of radio telemetry for studying wolves (see Mech, Chap. 2) occurred in the Great Lakes region. The Great Lakes reg...
Read your free e-book: http://hotaudiobook.com/mebk/50/en/B00BEK4GY6/book People living in the Great Lakes region are already feeling the effects of a changing climate. Shifts in seasonal temperatures and precipitation patterns could have dramatic impacts on the economy, ecology, and quality of life. In this illuminating and thorough volume, leading scholars address the challenge of preparing for climate change in the region, where decision makers from various sectorsgovernment, agriculture, recreation, and tourismmust increasingly be aware of the need to incorporate climate change into their shortand long-term planning. The chapters in this revealing book, written by some of the foremost climate change scholars in North America, outline the major trends in the climate of the Great Lakes r...
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Conversation during the 71st session of the General Assembly with Said Djinnit, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region on political processes and elections in the region.
IAS Brownbag talk with Joanne Lebert, Partnership Africa Canada: Conflict minerals, Gender and (In) Security in Africa's Great Lakes Region: the limitations of the sexual violence paradigm 4 March 2015
Presentation by Dr. Thomas Pleger, Great Lakes Archaeologist and President of Lake Superior State University, at the Copper and Culture Conference on Prehistoric Metal Working in the Lake Superior Region, August 7-8, 2015, sponsored by the Copper Country Ancient Sites Conservancy please support preservation and education by contributing at coppercountryancientsitesconservancy.com or on the CCASC Facebook page.
Story After the Storm - Planning for the Future: Climate Change and Adaptation in the Great Lakes Region Presented by Hilarie Sorensen, Minnesota Sea Grant Tuesday, Apr. 2, 4-6 p.m. at the Great Lakes Aquarium Friday, Apr. 19, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Wolf Ridge ELC The Story After the Storm series examines the aftermath of Duluth's 2012 flood. The increased frequency of extreme weather, not only in Duluth but across the U.S., has given urgency to understanding community resiliency and regional climate change. The series is part of The Science Institute for Educators, sponsored by the Great Lakes Aquarium, Minnesota DNR MinnAqua Program, Minnesota Sea Grant, and The Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center. It is funded in part by the Coastal Zone Management Act, by NOAA's Office of Ocean and Co...
I was honored to be a part of the celebrations with the New Castle Little League World Series Team events including their arrival and caravan from the truck stop, to the ball diamonds for a celebration, to the honor ceremony at Bundy Auditorium. I was honored to be a part of the viewing ceremony at the diamonds when the boys were playing. This was an historical event! I have lived in Henry County for my entire life, and never have I ever seen our community join together and show fellowship, support, friendship, and the true meaning of being a good neighbor. The sacrifices these boys made and the dedication to their sport is amazing. The sacrifices these parents made with their jobs, their time, the travel, the financial needs, and the setting aside vacations and other family obligations ...
Interested in learning more about climate change and how it may affect water resources in your community? This webinar will provide the latest information on: Climate science and water resources impacts in the Great Lakes region Strategies Great Lakes communities are taking to address climate change and water resources protection Dr. Jeffrey Rogers Dr. Jon MacDonagh-Dumler
Online Conference discussing Democracy, Freedom & Human Rights in #Rwanda #Burundi #RDC and #Uganda. Panelists: Peter Mutabaruka, UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdjdNqWaxPM Spokesman for Amahoriwacu2017 Campaign Vava Tampa, UK (@VavaTampa) Founder & CEO of Save the Congo Anjan Sundaram, UK (@anjansun) Journalist and Author Marie Lyse Numuhoza, UK (@MLNumuhoza) Senior Human Rights researcher at the Global Campaign for Rwandan's Rights Le Beni Tazira, US Burundian Political Analysts Benedicte Kumbi, Switzeland Historian and Human Rights Activist Didas Gasana, Sweden (@DidaGasana) Journalist Claude Gatebuke, US Co-Founder & Executive Director of African Great Lakes Action Network Moderated by: Freddy Usabuwera, Canada (@usabfreddy) Rev Dr Jean Baptiste Ntagengwa, U...
GRCC Peace Conference Panel Presentation entitled: Identity, Violence, and Conflict Resolution in the 19th Century Great Lakes Region
We are one
Nothing could be clearer under the sun
There's none you should hold dearer than the ones
Who will race at your side as we run
Forever to the end
To the end
We filled our glasses, drank a toast and raised our weary heads
Nothing but the finest for the things we leave unsaid
I woke up in another time, centuries ahead but still undone
We are gone
Always we are spinning around the sun
Nothing stops the time when you are done
It keeps on going and we run
Forever to the end
To the end
Out behind the cities all the trophies turn to rust
The things we've spent our lives creating slowly gather dust
The moon will hang as pale and as lonely as a ghost when we're gone
We are one
Nothing could be clearer under the sun
There are none you should hold dearer than the ones
Who will race at your side as we run
Forever to the end
We run forever
This is the sum of our endeavours.