Lake Michigan-Huron

Lake Michigan-Huron is a designation sometimes given to the body of water (part of the North American Great Lakes) customarily referred to as two separate lakes: Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Hydrologically, however, they form part of the same body of water: they lie at the same surface elevation (580 feet), and the flow between them through the Straits of Mackinac — which are 3 miles wide and 120 feet deep, themselves larger than many lakes — sometimes reverses from eastward to westward. If designated as a single entity, Lake Michigan-Huron would be the largest of the Great Lakes in terms of surface area, and at 45,410 square miles, would be the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Superior still surpasses Lake Michigan-Huron in terms of overall water volume, containing nearly 3000 cubic miles of water to Michigan-Huron's 2000 cubic miles.

Related Topics:
Great Lakes - Lake Michigan - Lake Huron - Straits of Mackinac - Lake Superior

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