The Great Lakes - Wrong Words

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  1. The Great Lakes are a series of lakes, located between the USA and Canada.
  2. Only one of them, Lake , is situated completely in the US.
  3. The St. Lawrence was opened as an important waterway in 1959.
  4. The Great Lakes are not all at the same level.
  5. Through a series of locks and canals, ships can travel from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as .
  6. During the winter months icebreakers keep passages open for transportation.
  7. After the Ice Age, ice masses filled the basin with water.
  8. materials and industrial goods are transported by cargo vessels to other countries.
  9. Farmers in the American can compete with other countries because transportation along the Great Lakes is cheap.
  10. Chicago, Detroit and are some major cities in the Great Lakes region.
  11. The first settlers were traders who started living in the area 300 years ago.
  12. In the last century the water quality in the region has become due to climate change.