Great Lakes Sizes?

Question: If ll the great lakes are connected and flow into the eastern one, and the water of the great lakes flows to the Atlantic Ocean, why is it that the western lakes are larger than the eastern lakes which accept the water?

Answer: Well, the outflows from lakes Superior and Ontario are regulated via control structures, and Huron and Michigan are hydrologically connected. Not to mention their pysiography was dictacted by the glaciers, so essentially the slope and rate of outflow is right for their size and depths..

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