Lake Michigan - Exit Reizen (2024)

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How deep is the deepest part of Lake Michigan? ›

The lake's average depth is 46 fathoms 3 feet (279 ft; 85 m), while its greatest depth is 153 fathoms 5 feet (923 ft; 281 m).

Lake Ontario is the only one of the Great Lakes that does not touch the state of Michigan. Lake Ontario has a surface area of approximately 7,340 square miles. It is located between New York State and the Canadian province of Ontario. Toronto is a large Canadian city located on its shores.

The water level of Lake Michigan as of June 7, 2024, was at an elevation of 579.56 feet above sea level (from the International Great Lakes Datum).

The water from Lake Michigan travels through the Straits of Mackinac to Lake Huron to the St. Clair River to Lake St. Clair to the Detroit River to Lake Erie to Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean.

Lake sturgeons are the biggest fish in the Great Lakes. And while individuals can pass the century mark, the species has been around since the days of the dinosaurs.

A Prehistoric Structure Under Lake Michigan Resembles a Mini-Stonehenge. An underwater archaeologist has stumbled on a Stonehenge-like arrangement of ancient stones. Lake Michigan in Beverly Shores, Indiana.

Lake Michigan also has the most drownings, with an annual death toll near the total sum of the other four Great Lakes. This lake is particularly dangerous due to its shape, which features two unbroken, opposing shorelines that span 307 miles north and south.

The last time that Lake Superior almost entirely froze over was in 1979 when the lake reached 94.7% ice coverage. Records show that Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario are the only lakes to have resisted freezing over since recording began in the early 1900s. This is due to their lower latitudes and large depths.

Lake Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake by area (31,700 mi2 /82,100 km2). It is also the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, with a maximum depth of 406 meters (1,332 feet). By most measures, it is the healthiest of all the Great Lakes.

In the last decade, Lake Michigan rose more than 6 feet in less than eight years before falling about 3 feet in the last three years. Now, Balikian and other scientists are using satellite data to document the effects of erosion on Great Lakes coastal shorelines.

How long would it take to empty Lake Michigan? ›

For example if Lake Michigan was emptied, it would take 99 years for its tributaries to completely refill the lake.

Evaporation draws water from the lakes causing levels to decline. Evaporation is greatest when the temperature difference between the water and the air is greatest. Such conditions occur in the fall, when the air has cooled but the water still retains some of the heat gained during the summer.

SOUTH CHIPPEWA BASIN

Depths in excess of 275m, deepest of Lake Michigan, are reached near the southern end of this basin, where a large segment of the floor of Lake Michigan extends below sea level.

Crater Lake: Deepest in the United States

Located in the Pacific Northwest, Crater Lake is the centerpiece attraction of the Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon, about an hour's drive from Klamath Falls.

Lakes eventually drain as their outlets are eroded down and fill in by sediment delivery from upstream. And the same will likely be true of all of the Great Lakes over a long enough time. There is nothing permanent about our landscapes and that's exactly what makes Earth so awesome as a planet.

American limnologist J. Val Klump was the first person to reach the lowest depth of Lake Superior on July 30, 1985, as part of a scientific expedition, which at 122 fathoms 1 foot (733 ft or 223 m) below sea level is the second-lowest spot in the continental interior of the United States and the third-lowest spot in ...

Mason informed us that at that depth, the water temperature is a nearly constant 39 degrees, though there are small variations during the year. Water is densest at 39 degrees, so stratification occurs with the densest water sinking to the bottom of the lake.

What is Michigan's deepest inland lake? Torch Lake has an average depth of 111 feet and a maximum depth of 285 feet. That makes it deeper than Lake Erie, which has an average depth of 62 feet and a maximum depth of 210 feet.