Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario receives the outflow from all of the other Great Lakes. The rich soils around Lake Ontario and the temperate climate provide an extended growing season for orchards and vineyards. Water that enters the Lake Ontario basin remains there for about 6 years. The drainage basin that supplies this lake comes from the state of New York and the Province of Ontario. Its elevation above sea level is 243 feet (74 meters), its length is 193 miles (311 kilometers), and its width is 53 miles (85 kilometers). Its average depth is 283 feet (86 meters), its maximum depth is 802 feet (244 meters), and its volume is 393 cubic miles (1,640 cubic kilometers). Its surface area is 7,340 square miles (18,960 square kilometers), its land drainage area is 24,720 square miles (64,030 square kilometers), and its shoreline length is 712 miles (1,146 kilometers).

Niagara Falls, New York · United States