Lake Superior

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Great Lake freshwater lake lake

Lake Superior is the largest and northernmost of North America's Great Lakes, renowned for its vast size, cold clear waters, and rugged surrounding shoreline.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lac Supérieur	1
Lake Superior (southern shore)	1
Northern Lake Superior	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Great Lake ⓘ freshwater lake ⓘ lake ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
borderedBy	Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan Minnesota ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainsInto	Lake Huron ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 31,700 square miles ⓘ approximately 82,100 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageDepth	approximately 147 meters ⓘ approximately 483 feet ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea	approximately 209,000 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 80,600 square miles ⓘ
hasIsland	Apostle Islands ⓘ Isle Royale ⓘ Michipicoten Island ⓘ St. Ignace Island ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Duluth ⓘ Marquette ⓘ Marquette ⓘ surface form: Sault Ste. Marie Thunder Bay ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	approximately 1,333 feet ⓘ approximately 406 meters ⓘ
hasNationalLakeshore	Apostle Islands ⓘ surface form: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore ⓘ
hasNationalParkOnIsland	Isle Royale ⓘ surface form: Isle Royale National Park
hasNativeName	Gichigami ⓘ
hasNativeNameLanguage	Algonquian languages ⓘ surface form: Ojibwe
hasOutflow	St. Marys River ⓘ
hasPrimaryInflow	Michipicoten River ⓘ Nipigon River ⓘ Pic River ⓘ Pigeon River ⓘ St. Louis River ⓘ White River ⓘ
hasResidenceTime	approximately 191 years ⓘ
hasShorelineLength	approximately 2,700 miles ⓘ approximately 4,300 kilometers ⓘ
hasSurfaceElevation	approximately 183 meters above sea level ⓘ approximately 600 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasVolume	approximately 12,100 cubic kilometers ⓘ approximately 2,900 cubic miles ⓘ
isImportantFor	commercial shipping ⓘ freshwater supply ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
isLargestOf	Great Lakes ⓘ
isNorthernmostOf	Great Lakes ⓘ
isPartOfWaterway	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway
isWorldRankByArea	largest freshwater lake by surface area ⓘ
isWorldRankByVolume	third-largest freshwater lake by volume ⓘ
knownFor	clear water ⓘ cold water temperatures ⓘ frequent storms ⓘ maritime shipwrecks ⓘ rugged shoreline ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
nameMeaning	“Great Lake” in Ojibwe context ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes ⓘ
surfaceFreezesPartiallyIn	winter ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (116)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huron Mountains → adjacentTo → Lake Superior ⓘ

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan → adjacentTo → Lake Superior ⓘ

Iron Range region (Michigan) → adjacentWaterBody → Lake Superior ⓘ

Aerial Lift Bridge → bodyOfWater → Lake Superior ⓘ

Marquette Bay → bodyOfWater → Lake Superior ⓘ

Michipicoten Island → bodyOfWater → Lake Superior ⓘ

Port of Marquette → bodyOfWater → Lake Superior ⓘ

Thunder Bay → bodyOfWater → Lake Superior ⓘ

Arrowhead Region → borderedBy → Lake Superior ⓘ

Houghton County, Michigan → borderedBy → Lake Superior ⓘ

Keweenaw County, Michigan → borderedBy → Lake Superior ⓘ

Upper Peninsula of Michigan → borderedBy → Lake Superior ⓘ

Arrowhead Region → borders → Lake Superior ⓘ

Chippewa County, Michigan → borders → Lake Superior ⓘ

Lake Huron → borders → Lake Superior ⓘ

Marquette County, Michigan → borders → Lake Superior ⓘ

St. Louis County, Minnesota → borders → Lake Superior ⓘ

Thunder Bay District → borders → Lake Superior ⓘ

Wisconsin → bordersBodyOfWater → Lake Superior ⓘ

Minnesota → bordersWaterBody → Lake Superior ⓘ

Ontario → bordersWaterBody → Lake Superior ⓘ

Keweenaw County, Michigan → climateInfluencedBy → Lake Superior ⓘ

Lake Huron → connectedTo → Lake Superior ⓘ

containing Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest freshwater island → connectedTo → Lake Superior ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Huron

Sault Ste. Marie Canal → connects → Lake Superior ⓘ

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan → connectsViaWaterway → Lake Superior ⓘ

St. Marys River → connectsWaterbody → Lake Superior ⓘ

Great Lakes → consistsOf → Lake Superior ⓘ

Midwestern United States → contains → Lake Superior ⓘ

Northern Ontario → contains → Lake Superior ⓘ

Eastern United States → containsLake → Lake Superior ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Superior (southern shore)

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → drainsFrom → Lake Superior ⓘ

Carp River (Marquette County, Michigan) → emptiesInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

Dead River (Michigan) → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

Michipicoten River → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

Nipigon River → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

Pic River → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

Pigeon River → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

St. Louis River → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

White River → flowsInto → Lake Superior ⓘ

subject surface form: White River (Ontario)

M-28 → followsShoreOf → Lake Superior ⓘ

Presque Isle Park → hasClimateInfluence → Lake Superior ⓘ

Michipicoten Island → hasCoastlineOn → Lake Superior ⓘ

Annex 4 Nutrients → hasGeographicFocus → Lake Superior ⓘ

St. Marys River → hasInflow → Lake Superior ⓘ

Americas → hasMajorLake → Lake Superior ⓘ

North America → hasMajorLake → Lake Superior ⓘ

Pic River → hasMouth → Lake Superior ⓘ

Pic River → hasNearbyWaterBody → Lake Superior ⓘ

Bois de Boulogne → hasPart → Lake Superior ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lac Supérieur