Lake Erie
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Summary
Lake Erie is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,611 views/month, #8 of 5,436).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ontario[3], Michigan[4], Pennsylvania[5], New York[6]
- Country: Canada[7], United States[8]
- Inflows: Detroit River[9], Maumee River[10], Sandusky River[11], Ashtabula River[12], Black River[13], Conneaut Creek[14], Cuyahoga River[15], Huron River[16], Chagrin River[17], Ottawa River[18], Grand River[19], Rocky River[20], Vermilion River[21], River Raisin[22]
- Outflows: Niagara River[23]
- Basin country: Canada[24], United States[25]
- Part of: Great Lakes[26], Canada–United States border[27]
- Commons category: Lake Erie[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lake Erie[29]
- Category for the water basin: Q18090475[30]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], The American Cyclopædia[34], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[35]
- Length: 388 km[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 173 m[37]
- Area: 25,744 km²[38]
- Width: 92 km[39]
- Watershed area: 58,800 km²[40]
- Volume as quantity: 483,000 cubic hectometre[41]
- Perimeter: 1369 km[42]
- Exact match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Lake_Erie[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lake Erie include Erie Canal[44], a canal[45], in United States[46]; Erie County[47], a county of New York[48], in United States[49], founded in 1821[50], headquartered in Buffalo[51]; Ohio and Erie Canal[52], a canal[53], in United States[54]; and Lake County[55], a county of Ohio[56], in United States[57], founded in 1840[58].
Why It Matters
Lake Erie has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for it include Erie Canal[44], a canal[45], in United States[46]; Erie County[47], a county of New York[48], in United States[49], founded in 1821[50], headquartered in Buffalo[51]; Ohio and Erie Canal[52], a canal[53], in United States[54]; and Lake County[55], a county of Ohio[56], in United States[57], founded in 1840[58].