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Lake Superior empties into Lake Huron via the St. Marys River and the Soo Locks (Sault Ste. Marie locks). Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area and the third largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
- Great Lakes of North America
The Great Lakes (French: Grands Lacs), also called the Great...
- List of Lakes by Area
Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of...
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Bridalveil Falls emptying into Lake Superior Miners' Castle...
- Water Volume
The list. The volumes of the lakes below vary little by...
- Isle Royale
Isle Royale (/ ˈ r ɔɪ əl /, ROY-əl) is an island of the...
- Superior Shoal
Superior Shoal's four geologic ridges. Contour interval: 20...
- Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest...
- Retention Time
The lake retention time for a body of water with the volume...
- The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The song chronicles the final voyage of the Edmund...
- St. Marys River
The St. Marys River, sometimes written St. Mary's River,...
- Great Lakes of North America
Apr 29, 2024 · Lake Superior, most northwesterly and largest of the Great Lakes of North America and one of the world’s largest bodies of fresh water. It is 350 miles (563 km) long (east to west), and its greatest width is 160 miles (258 km) from north to south.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Lake Superior is in between Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, and is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the world's third largest lake, and the world's largest freshwater lake (by area). Its outlet is the St. Marys River to Lake Huron.
Lake Superior - New World Encyclopedia. Previous (Lake Ontario) Next (Lake Tanganyika) Lake Superior, bounded by Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of Minnesota to the north, and the states of Wisconsin and Michigan to the south, is the largest of North America's Great Lakes.
Jun 28, 2017 · Formation and history. Lake Superior first took shape about 1.2 billion years ago as a result of the North American Mid-Continent Rift, which carved an arc-shaped scar stretching from Kansas...
- Kim Ann Zimmermann
Mar 6, 2024 · Lake Superior Geology. Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw National Historical Park. The Greenstone Flow: One of Earth's largest lava flows creates a prominent bluff on the Keweenaw. NPS photo. Gravity anomaly map highlighting the Midcontinent Rift. Areas in red indicate denser rock.
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third-largest freshwater lake by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh water.
