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4 days ago · Although the smallest of the Great Lakes in volume, Lake Erie is the most densely populated of the five lakes. It has a surface area of nearly 10,000 square miles and stretches 388 kilometers (241 miles) across and 92 kilometers (57 miles) from north to south.
3 days ago · The lake is 321 miles (517 km) long (north to south); it has a maximum width of 118 miles (190 km) and a drainage basin of about 45,500 square miles (118,000 square km), exclusive of its surface area, which is 22,300 square miles (57,757 square km). With a mean surface elevation of 579 feet (176 m) above sea level, the lake has a maximum depth ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
22 hours ago · In 2021, ships traversing the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, the body of water that connects the lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, consumed 500,000 tons of fuel that emitted 1.6 million tons of ...
1 day ago · The Great Lakes, a chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America collectively called the Great Lakes, comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Encompassing small towns whose tiny demeanor only maximizes the spellbinding nature around them, these six offer idyllic waterfronts.
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2 days ago · The Great Lakes are a group of five large, interconnected lakes in the east-central part of North America; it is the largest freshwater area in the world. Michigan borders the Canadian province of Ontario, the US states of Ohio , Indiana , and Wisconsin , and it shares a water boundary with Illinois and Minnesota .
1 day ago · The state has 11,037 inland lakes—totaling 1,305 square miles (3,380 km 2) of inland water—in addition to 38,575 square miles (99,910 km 2) of Great Lakes waters. No point in Michigan is more than six miles (9.7 km) from an inland lake or more than 85 miles (137 km) from one of the Great Lakes.
3 days ago · Map of enhancement sites in the Great Lakes between 2010 and 2020. Enhancing Resources for State and Regional Managers. Connecting Channels: While plenty of attention is given to the Great Lakes, less is given to their connecting channels.
