Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the 11th largest freshwater lake in the world based on surface area.   

Surface Area: 9,910 square miles

Volume: 116 cubic miles

Length: 241 miles

Width: 57 miles 

Shoreline: 871 miles 

Maximum Depth: 210 feet

Average Depth: 62 feet

Total Basin Drainage: 30,140 square miles

Retention/Replacement Time: 2.6 years (the shortest of the Great Lakes)

Outlet: Niagara River and Welland Canal

Major Diversions: None

Point of Interest: Home to one of the largest commercial freshwater fisheries in the world

Reflection of the Cleveland, Ohio skyline on Lake Erie.