Lake Abita

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Lake Abita ( Abita also Lake ) is a lake in western Cook, Minnesota, which is the highest lake in this state with a Seespiegelhöhe of 625 m.

Name

Abita comes from the Ojibwe language and means "half".

Topography

Abita Lake is located in the northern part of the Duluth Complex in the Misquah Hills. The gabbro in this region is more east-west trending ridges, which are punctuated by occasional so-called red rocks, some of which are among the highest elevations of the state. Lake Abita sits on the southern flank of these mountains, the Brule Mountain, whose summit rises towards 154 m above the surrounding terrain to the north. To the south, the highlands is just a few meters below the summit and the water level of the lake is only nine feet below. The lake is thus the highest lake in Minnesota. The height difference to the deepest lake of this state, Lake Superior is thus, 440 m. Its shoreline is located at an altitude of 183 m and forms the lowest point in Minnesota. The highest and lowest elevation lake of the state are thus only 19 km apart.

Lake Abita belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Brule River, drains into the southern arm of the lake between Lake Brule and the mouth of the northern arm.

Ecology

Abita Lake is a shallow lake, which reaches a maximum water depth of 4.3 m. This makes the lake particularly suitable for smaller fish. In a study in 1990, the largest share of caught fish Catostomus commersonii accounted for an average of 58.3 of this species were caught per surveyed, network, on average, a perch was counted per network. Glass eyes perch were not found, although the fishing authority of the state for three years spawning of this species began in the lake before. The Ministry of Nature and recreation Minnesota concluded that the lake for sport fishers only have a small value.

Geology

End of the 19th century in geological investigations, which were conducted in Minnesota, found that the area around Lake Abita mainly consists of red and gray feldspar, partly as diopside, magnetite and hornblende. Quartz, apatite and pyrite were also observed in the vicinity of the lake.

Documents

• Lake in North America
• Lake in Minnesota
• Cook County ( Minnesota)
• River System Saint Marys River ( Lake Huron )