The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts Great Lakes water levels will rise seasonally ... enough to allow their levels to ...

They hold about 6 quadrillion gallons of water, or enough to blanket the entire U.S. to a depth of ... Below is a chart that shows the average date of first ice on the Great Lakes.

Here are the other average depths for the Great Lakes, from deepest to shallowest from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Lake Superior: 483 feet in average depth, maximum depth at 1,332 feet.

Photo courtesy of Matt Zuro. Image from NWS webpage. The Laurentian Great Lakes, as the world's largest unfrozen surface freshwater system, hold paramount significance in maintaining the ecological ...

Historically, Lake Erie freezes and warms the quickest due to its shallow depth, the shallowest among the Great Lakes. The average depth of Lake Erie is about 62 feet 210 feet, maximum — with ...