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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001
Arizona's largest natural body of water, Mormon Lake, is shallow and empty/dry for about six months of any given year.
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Interesting. Is its designation as largest based on surface area alone, or volume of water?
1. Folks in Detroit have to drive south to get to Windsor, Ontario (via the Ambassador Bridge). There's a long-running joke that the fictional "South Detroit" in Journey's song is actually Windsor. The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest international border crossing in all of North America.
2. Most folks think of Michigan as relatively flat, like much of the Midwest. While that is mostly true for the lower portion of the state, it gets hillier the further north you go. Hilly enough that the UP technically has a mountain range called the
Huron Mountains. They are home to
Mt. Arvon, elevation 1,979 ft. / 603 m. above sea level. Not only is it the highest point in the state, It is the highest point in the seven-state region of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, which make up a large chunk of the Midwest.
3. Conversely, Michigan's lowest geographic point is in Lake Superior, roughly 40 miles off the coast. At this point, the lake is about 1,300 ft. deep, or 698 ft. / 213 m.
below sea level. So the total vertical height different between highest and lowest points in the state is 2,677 ft. / 616 m.