The correct order of the Great Lakes of North America from the coast to the interior is:
- AMichigan, Ontario, Erie, Huron
- BOntario, Huron, Erie, Michigan
- COntario, Erie, Huron, Michigan
- DErie, Ontario, Huron, Michigan
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Correct answer: (c) Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan
Explanation
The five Great Lakes of North America lie along the border of the USA and Canada. Water flows from them through the St. Lawrence river to the Atlantic. From the coast inwards, the order is:
- Ontario, nearest the Atlantic;
- Erie (the Niagara Falls are between Erie and Ontario);
- Huron;
- Michigan, the only one wholly within the USA (with Superior, the largest, farther west).