Lake Michigan

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to US state officials.

• About: Lake Michigan is the third-largest of the five Great Lakes and the only one entirely within the U.S.

o It is the fourth-largest freshwater lake and the fifth-largest lake in the world by surface area.

o It connects to Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac, ensuring water level equilibrium between both lakes.

o Major rivers draining into it: Fox-Wolf, Grand, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, and others.