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There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. Excluding Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by area, largest by volume and the lake with the longest shoreline. The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at 237 feet (72 ...
The state is bounded by several rivers—the Mississippi, St. Croix, and Menominee rivers—and lakes Michigan and Superior. Wisconsin has an average elevation of 1,050 feet (320 m), [ 2 ] and is the 23rd-largest in the country, with an area of 65,496 square miles (169,630 km 2 ).
White River (Fox River tributary) Whittlesey Creek. Willow River (St. Croix River tributary) Willow River (Tomahawk River tributary) Wind River. Wisconsin River. Wolf River (Eau Claire River tributary) Wolf River (Fox River tributary), tributary of Winnebago Pool. Wood River.
The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
Professor Lawrence Martin created a schema for dividing Wisconsin into geographical regions in his work "The Physical Geography of Wisconsin". [1] [2] Western Upland; Eastern Ridges and Lowlands; Central Plain; Northern Highland; Lake Superior Lowland; Three of these geographical provinces are uplands and two are lowlands.
Siskiwit Lake (Wisconsin) Skunk Lake. South Twin Lake (Wisconsin) Sparkling Lake (Wisconsin) Spirit Lake (Price County, Wisconsin) Spring Lake (Waushara County, Wisconsin) Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin) Steele Lake (Wisconsin) Straight Lake State Park.
Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 181.7 square miles (470.6 km 2) in the state's Northern Highland region. The river flows for much of its length through a series of lakes; the network of 28 lakes in the Eagle River's watershed is locally claimed to be the "world's largest chain ...
Lake Wisconsin is a reservoir on the Wisconsin River in southern Wisconsin in the United States. It is located in Columbia and Sauk counties, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Baraboo and 25 miles (40 km) NNW of Madison. Today it is home to the Wisconsin wine appellation of the Lake Wisconsin AVA. [1]