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Random Facts about the St. Lawrence
River
Of all the great rivers in the World the St.
Lawrence is the most remarkable. It constitutes by far the
largest body of fresh water in the world. Including the
lakes and streams, which it comprises in its widest
acceptation, the St. Lawrence covers about 73,000 square
miles; the aggregate, it is estimated, represents not less
than 9,000 solid miles - a mass of water which would have
taken upward of forty years to pour over
Niagara at the computed rate of
1,000,000 cubic feet in a second.
As the entire basin of this water system
falls short of 300,000 square miles, the
surface of the land is only three times
that of the water. |
