It is the fifth-largest freshwater lake in Canada,[1] but it is relatively shallow (mean depth of 12 m (39 ft)[2] excluding a narrow 36 m (118 ft) deep channel between the northern and southern basins. It is the eleventh-largest freshwater lake on Earth. The east side of the lake has pristine boreal forests and rivers that are being promoted as a potential United Nations World Heritage Park. The lake is elongated in shape, and is 416 kilometres (258 mi) km from north to south, with remote sandy beaches, large limestone cliffs, and many bat caves in some areas. Manitoba Hydro uses the lake as one of the largest reservoirs in the world. There are many islands in the lake, and most of them are undeveloped and pristine.
The lake's watershed measures about 984,200 square kilometres (380,001.7 sq mi), and covers much of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, northwestern Ontario, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Some of its tributaries include:
the Saskatchewan River (through Cedar Lake),
the Red River (draining the Assiniboine River),
the Winnipeg River (draining Lake of the Woods, Rainy River and Rainy Lake); and
Lake Manitoba (draining Lake Winnipegosis),
Bloodvein River (on the East side, draining from the Canadian Shield)
Poplar River
Manigatogan River
Lake Winnipeg drains northward into the Nelson River at an average annual rate of 2,066 cubic metres per second (72,960 cu ft/s), and forms part of the Hudson Bay watershed, which is one of the largest in the world. This watershed area was historically known as Rupert's Land when the Hudson's Bay Company formed in 1670.
Lakes Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Winnipegosis are found at the floor of the prehistoric Glacial Lake Agassiz. The area between Lake Winnipeg and Lakes Winnipegosis and Manitoba is called the Interlake Region, and the whole region is called the Manitoba Lowlands.
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