lake michigan-huron
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
One of the Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically a single lake, its two basins are traditionally counted as separate lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Example Sentences
- "As backwater from Lake Erie raises the level of Lake St. Clair, so backwater from Lake St. Clair raises the level of Lake Michigan-Huron."
- "The inflow to Lake Michigan–Huron, through the St. Marys River, from Lake Superior was determined each day... Similarly, the outflow from Lake Michigan–Huron to Lake Erie was determined for each day..."
- "Contrary to popular belief, the largest lake in the world is not Lake Superior but mighty Lake Michigan-Huron, which is a single hydrological unit linked at the Straits of Mackinac. Of all the Great Lakes, Michigan-Huron is the least regulated..."
- "Of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan-Huron had the highest water levels in midsummer and Lake Superior, in early fall."