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How the Earth was Made (Season 1)

How the Earth was Made (Season 1) is a 13-part documentary television series aired on the History Channel, showing how geological processes have shaped our planet. The series examines some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world, including California's San Andreas Fault, the Mariana Trench, the Krakatoa volcano, the Alps, the Atacama Desert, Tsunami, and Asteroids. Using interviews with experts, geological evidence, and computer generated graphics, the series explains in an easy-to-understand way how those locations and geological phenomena have been shaped by the immensely powerful, and at times violent, forces of geology.

Episode 07 - Great Lakes

A look at the Great Lakes of North America - the largest expanse of freshwater on Earth, and how findings gathered from a fossilized coral reef and the salt mines below the lakes are providing geologists with evidence that the region was once an ancient seabed.


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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, sometimes disambiguated as the Laurentian Great Lakes, are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America.

Go to How the Earth Was Made (Season 1) Home or watch other episodes:

Episode 01 - San Andreas Fault
Episode 02 - The Deepest Place on Earth
Episode 03 - Krakatoa
Episode 04 - Loch Ness
Episode 05 - New York
Episode 06 - Driest Place on Earth
Episode 07 - Great Lakes
Episode 08 - Yellowstone
Episode 09 - Tsunami
Episode 10 - Asteroids
Episode 11 - Iceland
Episode 12 - Hawaii
Episode 13 - The Alps