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| huron facts |
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Lake Huron is the second largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,000 square miles. It averages 195 feet deep and has a maximum depth of 750 feet.
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| About two-thirds of the lake's 51,700-square mile watershed is still covered with forests, and the lake contains more than 30,000 islands. |
| Lake Huron . . . |
- is filled with 850 cubic miles of water.
- is hydrologically inseparable from Lake Michigan, joined by the wide Straits of Mackinac.
- has a shoreline, which extends 3,827 miles, and is characterized by shallow, sandy beaches and the rocky shores of Georgian Bay.
- measures 206 miles across and 183 miles from north to south.
- has a drainage area, which covers parts of Michigan and Ontario, is relatively large compared to the other Great Lakes -- more than twice the size of the lake itself.
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| More Lake Huron information, including types of fish found here, is available from the Great Lakes Information Network at www.great-lakes.net/lakes/huron.html |
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| References: Wisconsin Sea Grant, Great Lakes Atlas, Environment Canada and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1995. |
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