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Lake Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume [5] (1,180 cu mi; 4,900 km 3) and depth (923 ft; 281 m) after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (22,405 sq mi; 58,030 km 2), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is entirely within the United States; the others form a water boundary between the United States and Canada. The lakes are divided among the jurisdictions of the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New ...
The larger lobe of Lake Michigan–Huron. Contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island. [17] 5: Michigan United States: Fresh 58,030 km 2 22,410 sq mi [14] 494 km 307 mi 282 m 925 ft [14] 4,930 km 3 1,180 cu mi [14] The smaller lobe of Lake Michigan–Huron. The largest lake (by area) that is located entirely in one country. 6 ...
Becharof Lake: Alaska: 453 sq mi 1,173 km 2: natural 15 Lake St. Clair: Michigan–Ontario: 440 sq mi 1,140 km 2: natural 16 Red Lake: Minnesota: 427 sq mi 1,106 km 2: natural [8] 17 Selawik Lake: Alaska: 404 sq mi 1,046 km 2: natural 18 Fort Peck Lake: Montana: 393 sq mi 1,018 km 2: man-made 19 Salton Sea: California: 347 sq mi 899 km 2: man ...
Michigan: October 21, 1970: 71,198.48 acres (288.1 km 2) Sand dunes reaching 450 ft (140 m) above Lake Michigan on 4 sq mi (10 km 2) of glacial moraines are the centerpiece of one of the state's most popular areas for hiking, camping, and canoeing. Two wilderness islands, marshy wetlands, and maple forests are home to more than 1500 plant and ...
Geologic engineers Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson say an inland sea is merely a very large lake. [2] Rydén, Migula, and Andersson [4] and Deborah Sandler of the Environmental Law Institute add that an inland sea is "more or less" cut off from the ocean. [5] [4] It may be semi-enclosed, [4] or connected to the ocean by a strait or "arm of ...
The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of 2,340 miles (3,770 km) and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at 2,250 miles (3,620 km). [3] The elevation change from Lake Superior to sea level is 601 feet (183 m).
For those who consider Lake Michigan-Huron to be separate lakes, and Caspian Sea to be a sea, Lake Superior would be the largest lake at 82,100 km 2 (31,700 square miles) Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, located in Siberia, with a bottom at 1,637 metres (5,371 ft). Its mean depth is also the greatest in the world (749 metres (2,457 ...