Lake Superior

Himanshi singh       Nov 18, 2022

#Origin Of The Name

          The Native Ojibwa People referred to Lake Superior as “gitche gumee” or gitchi-gami,” meaning “Big Sea Water” or “Great Sea.” Some sources refer to the lake as “Ojibwe Gichigami,” meaning "Ojibwe’s Great Sea." 

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#Location

          Lake Superior is one of the five Great Lakes located in North America’s mid-eastern region. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the five lakes situated on the Canada-US border.   

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#Geography

         Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area, covering about 82,000 square kilometers.   

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#Formation And History

         Lake Superior’s formation began about 1.2 billion years ago and resulted from the North America Mid-Continent Rift.   

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#Ecology

         Lake Superior hosts over 80 fish species, including the native species such as bloater, banded killifish, brook trout, cisco, burbot, lake trout, lake sturgeon, and longnose sucker.   

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