Ayini amaGreat Lakes?
Context:Amachibi Amakhulu, abizwa nangokuthi amachibi amakhulu aseNyakatho Melika, uchungechunge lwamachibi amakhulu ahlangene ahlangene asemanzini amasha esifundeni esisempumalanga yeNyakatho Melika axhuma noLwandlekazi i-Atlantic ngomfula iSaint Lawrence. Kunamachibi amahlanu, okuyiSuperior, iMichigan, iHuron, i-Erie, ne-Ontario futhi ngokuvamile atholakala emngceleni waseCanada nase-United States noma eduze kwawo. Ngokuphathelene nokwakheka kwamanzi, amachibi iMichigan neHuron awumzimba owodwa ohlanganiswe iStraits of Mackinac. I-Great Lakes Waterway yenza kube nokwenzeka ukuba abantu bahambe futhi bathumele amanzi phakathi kwamachibi.  AmaGreat Lakes yiqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke lamachibi amanzi amasha eMhlabeni ngendawo ephelele futhi angokwesibili ngobukhulu ngomthamo ophelele, aqukethe ama-21% wamanzi amasha angaphezulu komhlaba ngomthamo. Indawo ephelele ingamamayela-skwele angama-94,250 (244,106 km2), futhi ivolumu ephelele (kulinganiswe ku-datum yamanzi aphansi) ingamamayela angama-cubic angu-5,439 (22,671 km3), incane kancane kunomthamo weChibi iBaikal (5,666 cu mi noma 23,615 km3, 22 <unk> 23% wamanzi angenasawoti emhlabeni). Ngenxa yezimpawu zawo ezifana nolwandle, njengamagagasi agobhozayo, imimoya eqhubekayo, imisinga enamandla, ukujula okukhulu, nokubuka kude, amaGreat Lakes amahlanu sekuyisikhathi eside ebizwa ngokuthi izilwandle zasemaphandleni. Kuye ngokuthi ulinganiswa kanjani, ngokwendawo, iLake Superior noma iLake Michigan-Huron iyichibi lesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni futhi iyichibi elikhulu kunawo wonke elinamanzi angenasawoti. Ichibi iMichigan liyichibi elikhulu kunawo wonke elisezweni elilodwa.  AmaGreat Lakes aqala ukwakheka ekupheleni kweNkathi Yokugcina Yeqhwa cishe eminyakeni engu-14,000 edlule, njengoba amaqhwa ayesebuyela emuva eveza amachibi ayewagobhile ezweni, elabe seligcwaliswa ngamanzi ancibilikile. Amachibi aye aba umthombo oyinhloko wezokuthutha, ukufuduka, ukuhweba nokudoba, esebenza njengendawo yokuhlala yezinhlobo eziningi zezilwane zasemanzini esifundeni esinezinto eziningi eziphilayo. Isifunda esizungezile sibizwa ngokuthi isifunda samaGreat Lakes, esihlanganisa iGreat Lakes Megalopolis.
Amachibi Amakhulu ahlanganisa amachibi amahlanu: iSuperior, iMichigan, iHuron, i - Erie ne - Ontario.