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Lake Erie ...

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Is the fourth largest of the Great Lakes and the eleventh largest freshwater lake in the world

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Borders four US states: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York; and one Canadian province: Ontario

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Is the shallowest, warmest and most biologically productive of the five Great Lakes

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Has three distinct basins: the western basin which includes the islands area and extends to Point Pelee,  the central basin which extends to Erie, Pennsylvania and Long Point, Canada and the eastern basin which extends from Long Point to the eastern end of the lake

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Is 210 miles long, 57 miles wide and has a shoreline of 871 miles

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Has a maximum depth of 210 feet.  Average basin depths are: western, 24 feet; central, 60 feet; and eastern 80 feet

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Has a water surface area of nearly 10,000 square miles and a volume of 116 cubic miles

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Has a retention time of 2.6 years which is the shortest of the Great Lakes

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Produces more fish for human consumption each year than the other four Great Lakes combined

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Produces more walleye per hectare than any other lake in the world

Bathymetric map of Lake Erie