🌊 Lake Michigan

United States · Americas · 176 m · 44.01°N, 86.76°W

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and depth after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide and deep Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its eastern counterpart; hydrologically, the two bodies are a single lake that is, by area, the largest freshwater lake in the world.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Surface elevation	176 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	44.01°N, 86.76°W · view on map

Lake Michigan sits at 176 m in United States, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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