Lake Superior

<p>Lake Superior is the <a href="/facts/List_of_lakes_by_area/66NDJvxh">largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area</a> and the <a href="/facts/List_of_lakes_by_volume/1fWjsYvE">third-largest freshwater lake by volume</a>, holding 10% of the fresh water in all of the world's rivers and lakes. Located in central North America, it is the northernmost and westernmost of the <a href="/facts/Great_Lakes/Fd7pDkPX">Great Lakes</a> of <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a>, straddling the Canada–United States border with the Canadian province of <a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a> to the north and east and the U.S. states of Minnesota to the west and Michigan and Wisconsin to the south. It drains into <a href="/facts/Lake_Huron/DojTfGs2">Lake Huron</a> via <a href="/facts/St._Marys_River_(Michigan%25E2%2580%2593Ontario)/PABpWlvg">St. Marys River</a>, then through the lower Great Lakes to the <a href="/facts/St._Lawrence_River/5DvCUBp4">St. Lawrence River</a> and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean.
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Lake Superior