Which of the following is NOT ‘The Great Lakes’ of North America?

The correct answer is Victoria.

Key Points

• Lake Victoria is located at the border of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the African continent.
• River Nile originates from Lake Victoria and drains into the Mediterranean sea.
• Victoria Lake is the largest tropical lake in the world and one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world by area.
• Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km).
• Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is only behind the Lake Superior of North America.
• Its waters fill a shallow depression in the center of the great plateau that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys.

Additional Information

• The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border 
• These are from west to east as Superior Lake, Michigan Lake, Huron Lake, Erie Lake, and Ontario Lake.
• They are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth.
• They are sometimes referred to as inland seas.     
• The Great Lakes are:
  • Lake Superior - the largest by volume and deepest, larger than Scotland or South Carolina
  • Lake Michigan - the second-largest by volume and third-largest by area; the only one entirely in the U.S.
  • Lake Huron - the third-largest by volume; the second-largest in the area
  • Lake Erie - the smallest by volume and shallowest
  • Lake Ontario - is the second-smallest in volume and smallest in area, with a much lower elevation than the rest    
• These Great Lakes are being extensively used for transport, though cargo is used as a major mode of transport for bulk goods.     
• The Great Lakes were formed at the end of the last ice age     

• They are a dominant part of the physical and cultural heritage of North America.