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There have been 6,000 shipwrecks in the great lakes, take that Bermuda triangle!

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

For anyone that didn't know, Lake Superior is that deep because it is a failed mid-continental rift. That means that at some point, way in the past, North America almost split in two, and Lake Superior would have been another ocean between the two halves. This is what created the Keweenaw peninsula

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago

The continent was actually Laurentia back then. Lake Ontario, the St Lawrence Valley and the Gulf of St Lawrence are all part of the same rift.

Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie are all the shorelines of ancient seas that were ringed by coral. This left behind soft Calcite rock that the glaciers carved away.

You don't mess with Canada's shield

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry, but could you post this with measurements that people can actually understand, like washing machines or carrots or something?

Fuckin feet? My wife has feet like a toddler and I look like a fuckin clown 😂

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over my cultural hegemony.

[–] 9thSun@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Lmao seems like you hurt some peoples feelings

[–] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I still think Michigan and Huron are one giant lake.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're all one lake if they're touching. The river between them is just an extension of the lake.

Take this statement as seriously as you wish to.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

Wouldn’t that mean the lakes are all just an extension of the Atlantic Ocean? 🤔

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Hydrologically Lake Michigan-Huron is one two-lobed lake. This is because the Straits of Mackinac is not a river.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan%E2%80%93Huron

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

Bitch ass Lake Erie only being 210 ft deep

[–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Lake Superior is very smug on Xitter but the king of freshwater lakes is in Russia. Lake Baikal.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 years ago

"great" lakes

Has about the same type of energy as "Great" Brittain.