Ecosystems: Lake Champlain

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Lake Champlain Facts:

• Size: 435 square miles of surface water
• Length: 120 miles
• Width: 12 miles at its widest point
• Depth: average depth is 64 feet but the deepest point is between Charlotte, VT and Essex, NY at 400 feet
• Amount of Shoreline: 587 miles
• Islands: 71
• Watershed size:  8,234 square miles
• Surface Elevation: 30 meters
• Drinking Water:  for almost 200,000 people
  -Lake Champlain Land Trust