Lake Erie Cleveland
Lake Erie Great Lakes in North America
Lake Erie is the
fourth-largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America,
and the eleventh-largest globally if measured in terms of surface area. It is
the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and
therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. At its deepest
point Lake Erie is 210 feet (64 metres) deep.
Lake Erie is
Situated on the International Boundary between Canada and the United States,
Lake Erie's northern shore is the Canadian province of Ontario, specifically
the Ontario Peninsula, with the U.S. states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and New York on its western, southern, and eastern shores. These jurisdictions
divide the surface area of the lake with water boundaries.
Fun Facts of Lake
Erie
·
It has
a surface area of 9940 square miles.
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The
average depth of Lake Erie is 62 feet.
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The
maximum depth is 210 feet.
·
The
maximum width of the lake is 57 miles.
·
There
are 24 Lake Erie Islands.
Lake Erie is 241
miles long and 57 miles width at its largest points. It is fed Lake Huron and
Lake St. Clair via the Detroit River (in the west) and drains into the Niagara
River and Niagara Falls in the East. Other tributaries include (west to east)
the Maumee River, the Sandusky River, the Huron River, the Cuyahoga River, and
the Grand River.
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