Question

On the map, #2 is identifying which body of water? Political map of North America with numbers marking four bodies of water. Number one marks a large circular body of water that is above the United States and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Number two marks the western body of the waters that border Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Number four is the eastern body of water that borders those states. Number three is a body of water that is north of the farthest northern U.S. state on the east coast and empties into the Atlantic. Hudson Bay Lake Erie Lake Superior Lake Michigan

Answer 1

Answer:

On the map, #2 is identifying Lake Superior, as it is the western body of the waters that border Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.

Explanation:

Lake Superior is the largest body of water of the Great Lakes. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area. Its maximum length is 563 km and its maximum width is 257 km, while the average depth is 149 meters with a maximum depth of 406 meters. The lake contains 12,232 km³ of water. The upper lake's beaches have a total length of 4,393 km, including islands.

Lake Superior borders Ontario in Canada and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States. It is an important transport route for iron ore and part of the Great Lakes Waterway.

Important cities along Lake Superior are Duluth, Thunder Bay, Marquette, and Sault Ste. Marie.