From the Great Lakes to the mighty Mississippi, America’s waterways have shaped where we live and travel. Today’s nine questions are all about them. Most are friendly, and a few might make you smile.
Which of the five Great Lakes is the largest by surface area?
Which Great Lake is the shallowest, with an average depth of only about 62 feet?
Which Great Lake lies entirely within the United States?
How many Great Lakes are there?
The Mississippi River begins at a small lake in which state?
Into what body of water does the Mississippi River empty?
Hoover Dam, finished in 1936, holds back which river?
The huge reservoir behind Hoover Dam is named what?
The Great Salt Lake, which has no outlet to the sea, is in which state?
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A Memory Trick for the Great Lakes
The word HOMES lists all five: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. Saying it out loud a few times is a lovely way to make the names stick, and it works for the next time this question shows up.