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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 [5] (1,180 cu mi (4,900 km 3)) and depth (923 ft (281 m)) after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (22,405 sq mi (58,030 km 2)), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Detroit Skyline at Dusk A view of Buffalo, New York, taken from Outer Harbor Niagara Falls, New York from Skylon Tower Aerial view of Ashtabula, Ohio Toledo, Ohio skyline The Erie Skyline on Lake Erie The Chicago Skyline on Lake Michigan Milwaukee from the harbor River waterfront in Manistee, Michigan Aerial view of St. Joseph, Michigan The city's Financial District in Downtown Toronto at night.
Below is a list of ports in the Great Lakes region, which includes Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior, as well as the smaller Lake St. Clair. Lake Superior [ edit ]
Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is entirely within the United States; the others form a water boundary between the United States and Canada. The lakes are divided among the jurisdictions of the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New ...
The following is a list of the 100 largest lakes of the United States by normal surface area. The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior. The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially.
Lake effect snow is expected along the lakeshore in parts of Michigan on Monday, December 2, 2024. Locally significant accumulations are possible, particularly south of Holland.
Combined, Lake Michigan–Huron is the largest freshwater lake by area in the world. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Lake Superior is larger than either individually, so it is counted as the largest of the Great Lakes when Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are considered separately.
Islands in northern Lake Michigan and eastern Lake Superior on June 17, 2022; taken from the International Space Station. North is oriented towards the upper left. The Beaver Islands are at the top center, with the Manitou Islands at the top right and the Fox Islands between them.