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Lake Superior's deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map. [1] Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles (82,103 km 2), [7] which is approximately the size of South Carolina or Austria. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). [8]
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume.The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration.
Lake Superior: Michigan - Minnesota - Ontario - Wisconsin: 9,799,680,000 acre⋅ft (12,088 km 3) 1,332 ft (406 m) Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume: 2: Lake Michigan: Illinois - Indiana - Michigan - Wisconsin: 3,987,455,942 acre⋅ft (4,918 km 3) 925 ft (282 m) L. Huron and. L. Michigan may be considered a single lake [1] 3 ...
Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 ...
The Lake Superior shipwreck coast from Grand Marais, Michigan, to Whitefish Point became known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes". More vessels have been lost in the Whitefish Point area than any other part of Lake Superior. [117] The Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve serves as an underwater museum to protect the many shipwrecks in this area.
Siskiwit Lake [1] is the largest lake on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. 4,150 acres (16.8 km 2) in area, [2] the lake has cold, clear water which is relatively low in nutrients. [3] Tributaries include the Little Siskiwit River , and the lake's outlet is the Siskiwit River which flows into Lake Superior.
In the 2023-24 water year, the state added 4.1 million acre-feet — almost the volume of Lake Shasta — to its depleted groundwater stock by sending excess water from rivers into open spaces ...
The 85,000-US-gallon (320,000 L) Isle Royale is the main exhibit located in the very center of the building, and it extends to both the first and second floors allowing visitors to view it from many different angles. It contains a variety of Minnesota native fish including perch, panfish, trout, lake sturgeon, and gar.