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Saint Lawrence River
The
Saint Lawrence River
(;
Tuscarora
:
Kahnawá'kye
;
Mohawk
:
Kaniatarowanenneh
, meaning "big waterway") is a large
river
in the middle latitudes of
North America
. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a roughly north-easterly direction, connecting the
Great Lakes
with the
Atlantic Ocean
and forming the
primary drainage outflow
of the
Great Lakes Basin
. It traverses the
Canadian provinces
of
Quebec
and
Ontario
, and is part of the
international boundary
between Ontario, Canada, and the
U.S. state
of
New York
. This river also provides the basis of the commercial
Saint Lawrence Seaway
.
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