LAKE HURON and LAKE BAIKAL

                         Lake Huron

Lake Huron is the second largest Great Lake by surface area and the fifth largest freshwater lake in the world.  
 Georgian Bay is large enough to be among the world's 20 largest lakes.(LB- is one of  world's 20 largest lakes too) 
Huron receives the flow from both Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, but water flows through Lake Huron (retention time) much more quickly than through either of them. (LB-receives the flow from both Braha and Selenga)
Huron was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers. (LB- was discovered by Kurbat Ivanov)Shipwrecks are scattered throughout the lake, with five bottomland preserves in Michigan and a national park in Ontario designated to protect the most historically significant ones. (LB-have about 15 BIG  sunken ships and so much small ships )
 The Lake Huron basin is heavily forested, sparsely populated, scenically beautiful, and economically dependent on its rich natural resources. (LB- have lot's of threes and animals too)

Figures
LENGTH:  206 miles / 332 km.  (LB-636 km.)

BREADTH:  183 miles / 245 km.  (LB-79,5 km.) 

AVERAGE DEPTH:  195 ft. / 59 m.  (LB-744,4 m.)

MAXIMUM DEPTH:  750 ft. / 229 m.  (LB-1642 m.)

VOLUME:  850 cubic miles / 3,540 cubic km.  (LB-23 615,39 cubic km.)

WATER SURFACE AREA:  23,000 sq. miles / 59,600 sq. km.  (LB-31 722 sq.km.)

TOTAL DRAINAGE BASIN AREA:  51,700 sq. miles / 134,100 sq. km. (LB-570 000 sq.km.)

ELEVATION:  577 ft. / 176 m.  (LB-457 m.)

RETENTION/REPLACEMENT TIME:  22 000 years (LB-25 000-30 000 years)