The Extreme Geography of the Great Lakes

If you’re ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can start your claim in just a click without having to leave your couch: https://www.forthepeople.com/geoff -- 🗺️ Get the limited-time Appalachian Mountains map from my new store, "Maps By Geoff": https://www.mapsbygeoff.com/ -- Why America's Volcanoes Are Silent (And These Aren't):    • Why Mt. Rainier Sleeps but Fuego NEVER Stops   -- 📖 Subscribe to my Substack! 👉 https://geographicgeoff.substack.com -- What if I told you there’s a single lake system holding enough fresh water to submerge the entire contiguous United States under ten feet of water? Or that despite being hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, it hides a massive underwater graveyard of over 6,000 shipwrecks? Welcome to the North American Great Lakes, a region often thought of as just a cluster of big lakes, but one that is actually a massive, slow-motion waterfall with an economy large enough to rival the world's biggest countries. -- Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:36 - A Fifth of the World's Fresh Water 1:28 - The Behemoth That is Lake Superior 2:20 - Dramatic Microclimates 3:13 - A Continental Slow-Motion Waterfall 4:02 - Geological Infants 4:52 - Sponsored By Morgan & Morgan 6:07 - Massive Underwater Graveyard 7:01 - Names Rooted in Indigenous History 7:50 - The Canal That Built an Empire 8:40 - Reversing a River to Save a City 9:32 - A Crucial Naval Theater 10:20 - The Economic Titan of the Megalopolis 11:09 - The Busiest Lock System in the World 11:59 - The Drinking Fountain for Millions 12:47 - Incredibly Complex Islands 13:36 - An International Maritime Highway -- 🌳 Find me: https://linktr.ee/geoffgibson 🗺️ Map store: https://mapsbygeoff.com -- Stock footage and music acquired from www.envato.com, www.storyblocks.com and videvo.net. If you think there's been an error in using a video clip, please contact me. This has been a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)