Lake Ontario, Toronto |
Ontario is a lake in Canada and the United States of America. Its total size is 18.60 thousand square kilometers. The height of the location above the sea is 76 meters. The length of the coastline is equal to 1278 kilometers. Its length is 314 kilometers, the width is 87 kilometers, the depth (maximum) is 256 meters, and the average is 89 meters.
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The Niagara River joins the lake's waters, and the St. Lawrence River originates from its depths. It is connected to the Hudson River and Lake Erie by shipping channels. The world-famous "Finger Lakes", which belong to typical tunnel valleys, join the lake area.
The lake does not have large tributaries. Its waters are clear and cold. The temperature ranges from 4 to 18 degrees Celsius. Due to frequent storms, the middle of the lake is not covered with ice either. The ice cover can be observed only on the coast.
Lake Ontario, In the Fall season |
The vegetation here is presented as thickets of sedge, rush, arrowhead, reeds, forest steppes, pine forests, cinquefoil, willow, etc. Such representatives of living organisms as plankton, nekton, benthos, char, char, pike, grayling, perch
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