Lake Huron-Michigan
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[edit]- One of the Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically a single lake, its two basins are traditionally counted as separate lakes, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
- 2002, Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan, “Great Lakes Map”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- Lake Huron-Michigan, at 45,300 mi² / 117,400 km² is technically the world's largest freshwater lake. This is because what have traditionally been called Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are really giant lobes of a single lake connected by the five mile wide Strait of Mackinac.
Usage notes
[edit]Punctuation varies: Lake Huron - Michigan, Lake Huron–Michigan, Lake Huron-Michigan, Lake Huron/Michigan.