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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.
The Great Lakes Waterway enables modern travel and shipping by water among the lakes. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and the second-largest by total volume; they contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume.
The Great Lakes are five large lakes in east-central North America. They hold 21% of the world's surface fresh water. [1] The five lakes are: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario .
For other lists of lakes, see Lists of lakes. This list of lakes includes those which are among the largest by area, depth, volume, or have cultural or environmental significance.
Lakes ranked by maximum depth. This list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400 metres (1,300 ft) Geologically, the Caspian Sea, like the Black and Mediterranean seas, is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean. The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust.
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 (1,180 cu mi (4,900 km 3)) and the third-largest by surface area (22,404 sq mi (58,030 km 2)), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (5.6-kilometer ...
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes in North America. It has a surface area of 22,300 square miles (58,000 square kilometers). It is 307 by 118 miles (494 by 190 kilometers) wide. Lake Michigan is the 5th largest lake in the world. Lake Michigan is surrounded by the U.S. states of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
