lake superior is the largest surface area fresh water lake in the world ( 31,700 sq. miles / 82,100 sq. km) ....
if the shoreline were straightened out it would reach from duluth, mn to the bahamas..........
superior could hold all the other great lakes plus 3 additional lake eries....
if lake superior was emptied onto north and south america ( all 3 QUADRILLION gallons), the water would be a foot deep....
superior holds 10% of the earth's fresh surface water.....
.the deepest point is 1300 feet.....
the retention/replacement time to completely recycle the water in superior is 193 years......
some of the world's oldest rocks ( 2.7 billion years) can be found on the superior's ontario shores.......
in summer, the sun sets 35 minutes later on the western shore than it does on the southeastern shore.....
58 orchid species are native to the lake's basin.......
formed after the last glacial retreat, superior is a relatively young geological feature, about 10,000 years old.....
compare this to the age of the world's largest lake by volume, russia's lake baikal, which is said to be 25 million years old......
the most significant lake effect snows in the world occur on lake superior
Lake Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring--besides on the Great Lakes--only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.)
LLake Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring--besides on the Great Lakes--only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.) LaLake Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring--besides on the Great Lakes--only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.) Lake Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring--besides on the Great Lakes--only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.) ke Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring--besides on the Great Lakes--only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.) ake Superior produces the greatest lake effect snows on earth. (Significant lake effect snows are a rare phenomenon, occurring--besides on the Great Lakes--only on the east shore of Hudson Bay and the west coasts of two Japanese islands.)