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  2. Lake Superior - Wikipedia

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    Lake Superior deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map. [1] Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles (82,103 km 2), [7] which is approximately the size of South Carolina or Austria. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). [8]

  3. List of lakes by depth - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations. [9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet) [9] The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).

  4. How deep is Lake Erie? How was it named? Facts about ... - AOL

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    Lake Superior. Average depth: 483 feet. Maximum depth: 1,332 feet. Size: 31,700 square miles. ... As for its depth, Lake Huron is 750 feet deep — say, about 750 Subway sandwiches below sea level ...

  5. Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    The straits are five miles (8 km) wide [14] and 120 feet (37 m) deep; ... supersonic eruption of deep origin. The lake lies in the ... The Lake Superior shipwreck ...

  6. List of largest lakes of the United States by area - Wikipedia

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    Iliamna Lake: Alaska: 1,014 sq mi 2,626 km 2: natural 8 Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake ...

  7. Lake Michigan - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. How deep is Lake Erie? How was it named? Facts about PA's ...

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    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.

  9. Paralyzing lake-effect snow continues to pummel Great ... - AOL

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    Heavy snow is also plastering Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and western Lower Michigan as the cold winds blow off Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. ... Up to 2 feet has already fallen, and another 1 ...