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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. The Caspian Sea , while larger than Lake Superior in both surface area and volume, is brackish .
- Great Lakes of North America
Location of the Great Lakes in North America. 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
Mar 20, 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. It has a maximum depth of 1,332 feet (406 meters).
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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.
Feb 7, 2006 · With an area of 82,100 km2 (of which 28,750 km2 lies in Canada), when including the American portion, Lake Superior is Canada’s largest lake. It has a shoreline of 2,938 km, with the north shore bordering on Ontario and the south shore on the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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 · published 28 June 2017. The moon rises at sunset at Split Rock Lighthouse, on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.(Image credit: Igor Kovalenko | Shutterstock) Clear water laps the...
It has a sense of remoteness, wilderness, and mystery. It's so different from the rest of the Midwest. Many people know Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake. But they may not realize that underneath the lake lays an enormous rift that almost tore North America apart about 1.1 billion years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the ...
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