Loch Ontario
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Loch Ontario (Inglis: Lake Ontario, French: Lac Ontario) is ane o the five Great Lochs o North Americae.
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Loch Ontario | |
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Leukin east across Loch Ontario tae Toronto | |
Loch Ontario an the ither Great Lochs | |
Location | North Americae |
Group | Great Lochs |
Coordinates | 43.7°N 77.9°W / 43.7; -77.9 |
Loch teep | Glacial |
Primary inflows | Niagara River |
Primar ootflows | St. Lawrence River |
Catchment area | 24,720 sq mi (64,000 km2)[1] |
Basin kintras | Unitit States Canadae |
Max. lenth | 193 mi (311 km)[2] |
Max. weenth | 53 mi (85 km)[2] |
Surface area | 7,340 sq mi (19,000 km2)[1] |
Average deepth | 283 ft (86 m)[2][3] |
Max. deepth | 802 ft (244 m)[2][3] |
Watter vollum | 393 cu mi (1,640 km3)[2] |
Residence time | 6 years |
Shore lenth1 | 634 mi (1,020 km) plus 78 mi (126 km) for islands[4] |
Surface elevation | 243 ft (74 m)[2] |
Settlements | Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario, Rochester, New York |
References | [3] |
1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur. |
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