Himanshi singh Nov 18, 2022
Encompassing an area of 58,030 sq. km, Lake Michigan is the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and the 2nd largest by volume.
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Lake Michigan has a length of about 494 km and a maximum width of 190km. The lake has a mean surface elevation of 176m, which is similar to that of Lake Huron.
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Lake Michigan features several inland beaches and has often been referred to as the “Third Coast” of the US after the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts.
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The waters of Lake Michigan support a variety of fish species and other invertebrate fauna. Some of the native fishes that are found here include lake trout, panfish, lake whitefish, yellow perch, bowfin
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Geologists believe that Lake Michigan was formed about 1.2 billion years ago due to the splitting of two tectonic plates that resulted in the generation of a Mid-Continent Rift. The Lake Michigan
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It is estimated that about 12 million people reside along the shores of Lake Michigan and are dependent on the lake for their supply of clean drinking water.
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