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It is the shallowest of the Great Lakes with an average depth of 10 fathoms 3 feet or 63 ft (19 m) [7] and a maximum depth of 35 fathoms (210 ft; 64 m) [7] [8] Because Erie is the shallowest, it is also the warmest of the Great Lakes, [17] and in 1999 this almost became a problem for two nuclear power plants which require cool lake water to ...
Lake Erie. Average depth: 62 feet. Maximum depth: 210 feet. Size: 9,910 square miles. ... A 1656 map called it Karegnondi. Shepler's Ferry leaving Mackinac Island on Lake Huron on July 15, 2011.
The Western Basin of Lake Erie is the shallow flat basin that comprises the western third of the lake that borders the U.S. states of Michigan and Ohio and the Canadian province of Ontario. The shallowest section of Lake Erie is the western basin where depths average only 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m); as a result, "the slightest breeze can kick ...
Depth map showing the three basins of Lake Erie. The islands are in the westernmost, shallowest basin. Glacial grooves stemming from the Wisconsin glaciation at Kelleys Island, Ohio. The Lake Erie Islands are geologically part of the Silurian Columbus Limestone.
The 2,500-square-mile Lake Erie Quadrangle has claimed more than 450 shipwrecks. The Bermuda Triangle, five times as large, has claimed 115 ships. Lake Erie isn't deep, but has depth of character ...
A map of Presque Isle Bay during the War of 1812 [3]. Commander Oliver Hazard Perry took command of America's Lake Erie naval fleet at Presque Isle in March 1813. By the end of July 1813, Perry had assembled the necessary crews and escaped a blockade of the channel exit by Commander Robert Heriot Barclay, Perry's British counterpart.
Lake Erie has 871 miles of shoreline that includes Ohio, New York and Michigan as well as Pennsylvania. The average depth of the lake is only about 62 feet, with a 210-foot maximum. It therefore ...
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great Lakes.