Lake Erie is the eleventh largest lake in the world (by surface area), and the fourth largest of the Great Lakes in surface area and the smallest by volume.
 
Ninety-five percent of Lake Erie's total inflow of water comes via the Detroit River water from all the "upper lakes" -- Superior, Michigan and Huron -- the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and numerous tributaries. The rest comes from precipitation. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and is especially vulnerable to fluctuating water levels.

 

Lake Erie is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario, on the south by the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, and on the west by the state of Michigan

 

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Nearshore Marine Zone Forecasts by the Cleveland, OH Forecast Office:
NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST which includes all these zones
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING(s) and MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT(s) for these zones
OPEN LAKE FORECAST for LAKE ERIE          (ALL ZONES)   (BY ZONES)   (MAFOR ONLY)
NDFD MARINE GRAPHICS for these zones from which the text forecasts are generated