Lake Michigan

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Lake Michigan is one of North America’s five Great Lakes, a large freshwater lake bordered by the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Lake
freshwater lake
lake
averageDepth 279 feet
85 meters
basinCountry United States of America
borderedBy Illinois
Indiana
Michigan (most of state)
surface form: Michigan

Wisconsin
cityOnShore Gary, Indiana
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Muskegon, Michigan
Traverse City, Michigan
connectedBy Straits of Mackinac
connectedTo Lake Huron
continent North America
country United States of America
drainageVia Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
surface form: St. Lawrence River
elevation 177 meters above sea level
581 feet above sea level
frozenSeason winter
geologicOrigin glacial lake
hasIsland Beaver Island
North Manitou Island
South Manitou Island
Washington Island
hasNationalLakeshore Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
hasNationalPark Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
surface form: Indiana Dunes National Park
inflow Fox River
Grand River (Michigan)
Manitowoc River
Menominee River
Milwaukee River
Muskegon River
Pere Marquette River
St. Joseph River
White River (Michigan)
knownFor commercial and sport fishing
recreation and tourism
sand dunes along eastern shore
shipping and transportation
largestCityOnShore Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
length 307 miles
494 kilometers
locatedIn Midwestern United States
maximumDepth 281 meters
923 feet
nameLanguageOrigin Ojibwe language
nameMeaning great water
oceanDrainageBasin Atlantic Ocean
onlyGreatLakeWhollyInUSA true
outflow Straits of Mackinac
outflowTo Lake Huron
partOf Great Lakes
rankBySurfaceAreaInGreatLakes second largest
rankByVolumeInGreatLakes second largest
separatedFrom Lake Superior by Lake Huron and St. Marys River
shorelineLength 2633 miles including islands
surfaceArea 58000 square kilometers
approximately 22300 square miles
volume about 1180 cubic miles
about 4900 cubic kilometers
waterType freshwater
width 118 miles
190 kilometers

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31st Street Beach locatedOn Lake Michigan
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Empire Bluffs nearby locatedOn Lake Michigan
subject surface form: Empire Bluffs
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