LAKES OF THE HURON BASIN: THEIR RECORD OF RUNOFF FROM THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETq[
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INTRODUCTION overall relief greater than 400 m. It is a major component of the Laurentian Great Lakes catchment area draining The Lake Huron basin (Huron basin), which includes via the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean (Figs 1 Georgian Bay and the Nipissing lowland to the northeast, and 2). The Huron basin presently receives inflow from extends 500 km north-south and 450 km east-west with Lakes Michigan and Superior and drains to Lake Erie. Formerly, it occupied a strategic position during retreat of ~Geological Survey of Canada Contribution 55794. the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. It was
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