Water surface area of the Great Lakes

This statistic shows the water surface area of the Great Lakes in North America. The water surface area of Lake Superior covers 31,700 square miles.

Water surface area of the Great Lakes (in square miles)

Characteristic	Water surface area in square miles
Lake Superior	31,700
Lake Michigan	22,300
Lake Huron	23,000
Lake Erie	9,910
Lake Ontario	7,340

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Release date

September 2011

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Region

Canada, United States

Survey time period

2004

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The Great Lakes contain the largest supply of freshwater in the world, holding about 18 percent of the world’s total freshwater and about 90 percent of the United States’ total freshwater. The Lakes are a series of five interconnecting large lakes, one small lake, four connecting channels, and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Combined, the lakes cover an area of over 94,000 square miles (245,000 square kilometers) and contain over 5,400 cubic miles (23,000 cubic kilometers) of water.
Includes both U.S. and Canada surface area.

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