Because, for example, it has a surface area of 31,820 sq mi compared to Erie's 9,940 sq mi.
Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario. Largest to smallest: Lake Superior (82,400 km2) Lake Huron (59,600 km2) Lake Michigan (58,000 km2) Lake Erie (25,700 km2) Lake Ontario (19,500 km2)
I don't believe any lake is the size of Ontario. Perhaps the Caspian Sea is the size of Ontario. Ontario is enormous and contains thousands of lakes. Even Lake Ontario is nowhere near the size of province of the same name.
Lake Superior. Lake Superior - it is the largest lake in the Western Hemisphere in volume and the largest (true) lake in the world by size. Its size is 31,700 square miles and volume is 2,904 cubic miles.
The five North American "Great Lakes" have the same names in Canada and the US : (by size) Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. A sixth, much-smaller lake, called Lake St. Clair, lies on the waterway between Lakes Michigan and Erie.
Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake superior Lake ontario Lake michigan Lake okeechobee Lake Tahoe Lake pocono Lake Monroe Lake charles
Lake Ontario is 7,340 sq miles in area.
No. Lake Michigan is the third largest of the Great Lakes. Lake Ontario is the fifth largest in size at 19,500 km2 .
No. According to Wikipedia (the font of all knowledge), Enland is 130,410 square kilometres whereas Lake Ontario is 18,960 square kilometres. Not even close (although I had heard this too).
Lake Superior due to its size and low levels of farming and human habitation nearby.
Lake Superior is considered an inland sea because of its vast size, deep waters, and powerful currents that resemble those of a sea.
i think that it should be lake superior because it is the biggest lake if you cut it in half of what is in Minnesota. Lake Superior is not fully within MN state border. The largest lake within MN state border is Red Lake. Red Lake (both "Upper" and "Lower") - 288,800 acres
One conservation organization estimated the number at around 100 million. There are three variety of fresh water lake trout (siscowet, paperbellies, and leans) in Lake Superior, but their exact numbers are not known, especially since three different US states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan) and Canada manage parts of Lake Superior. The record size lake trout taken from Lake Superior weighed in at more than 100 pounds (about 46.3 kg).