Kenneth Roth age 10, of Whitewater, Kansas for his question:

Where do the Great Lakes get their water?

We would expect the Great Lakes to be fed by teeming rivers of fresh water. But only a few small streams drain into the lakes.. Even so their waters are gathered from the tons of snow and rain that fall upon the surrounding territories of Michigan Minnesota, Ontario and Quebec.

Much of the moisture seeps into the ground. It comes to rest below in the water table. When. you dig a hole right down, into the water table it fills with water. You have a well. Water stays in it by seeping from the deep, soggy soil, You scoop some out and more runs in.

Thousands of years ago a number of very big holes were dug down into this water table. They are the basins of the five Great Lakes, The digging was done by sharp, and heavy glaciers.. These glaciers crept down during the Ice Ages, gouging valleys and holes deep in the ground,

Naturally water from the water table seeped in to fill up these big holes. The Great Lakes were born. And every year the water table below is filled with more melted snow and rain. The Great Lakes are kept filled by the seepage and from countless little springs that pour from their floors and sides.