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Lake Erie

Lake Erie
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About Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and also has the shortest average water residence time. At its deepest point, Lake Erie is 210 feet (64ย m) deep, making it the only Great Lake whose deepest point is above sea level.

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In 2008, there were 16 feet high waves in Lake Erie that flooded Buffalo, in New York. In 1844, there was a 22 foot high Seiche wave which caused a flood in Buffalo which destroyed the town completely.

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Coordinates: 42.2000, -81.2000

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