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Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains, which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, [3] rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
Its highest elevation is Mount Arvon, at 1,979 feet (603 m). [10] Michigan's Upper Peninsula is bounded on land by Wisconsin to the southwest and west; and in territorial waters by Minnesota to the west, Ontario to the west, north and east, and the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin extends into Lake Michigan east of the western Upper Peninsula.
In 2018, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that the highest surface elevation in Michigan was the top of the Tilden Mine waste pile in Marquette County near Ishpeming. At the time, the top of the pile was at slightly above 2,000 feet (610 m), more than 20 feet (6.1 m) higher than the summit of Mount Arvon. [5]
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated eight combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 19 micropolitan statistical areas in Michigan. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these was the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA , comprising the area surrounding Michigan's largest city, Detroit .
The Lower Peninsula is bounded on the west by Lake Michigan and on the northeast by Lake Huron, which connect at the Straits of Mackinac.In the southeast, the waterway consisting of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, and Lake Erie separates it from the province of Ontario, Canada.
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States.It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north.
As of the census [4] of 2000, there were 3,681 people, 1,584 households, and 888 families residing in the city. The population density was 932.8 inhabitants per square mile (360.2/km 2 ). There were 1,773 housing units at an average density of 449.3 units per square mile (173.5 units/km 2 ).
The elevation ranges from about 750 feet (230 m) along the Huron River to 1,015 feet (309 m) on the city's west side, near the intersection of Maple Road and Pauline Blvd. [53] Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, which is south of the city at , has an elevation of 839 feet (256 m