Morphometry

Lake Superior Bathymetry
Surface area: 31,700 miles2 82,100 km2
Max. length: 348 miles2 560 km2
Max. width: 162 miles2 260 km2
Volume: 2,934 miles3 12,230 km3
Mean depth: 489 ft 149 m
Maximum depth: 1,332 ft 406 m
Retention/replacement time: 191 years
Age: 10,000 years
Elevation: 1,600 ft 2,183 m
Shoreline length: 1,826 miles 2,938 km
Lake drainage: 49,300 miles2 127,700 km2

 

Excerpted from Bootsma and Hecky 2003

 

From RMSO Simulations


 

Lake Superior Bathymetry with GLENDA and NOAA sites