Lake
Lake Superior
The largest of the 319 lakes measured in this atlas.
surface area 82,350 km² · 1st/319
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 82,350 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one. Computed from the Natural Earth outline: ≈ 82,000 km².
- Maximum depth
- 406 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Elevation
- 183 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 563 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 257 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Drainage basin
- 207,200 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Wikidata
- Q1066
Among the world's lakes
Each line is every one of the lakes in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area82,350 km²1st of 319 · median 536 km²
- Maximum depth406 m15th of 204 · median 42 m
- Elevation183 m208th of 333 · median 278 m
- Length563 km5th of 255 · median 66 km
- Width257 km1st of 221 · median 20 km
- Drainage basin207,200 km²13th of 162 · median 12,298 km²
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