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Place Name
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Lower Michigan
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Place Status (Type)
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region
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Population
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8,981,382 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Lower Michigan
, region ( 40,494
sq mi/104,879 sq km; 1990 pop. 8,981,382), S
Mich. The region lies S of Straits of Mackinac, which separate it from
the Upper Peninsula (U.P.), or Upper Mich.; connected to the Upper
Peninsula by Mackinac Bridge. Also referred to as the lower peninsula,
it is bounded W by L. Michigan, N by the Straits, E by L. Huron, St.
Clair R., L. St. Clair, Detroit R., and L. Erie, S by Ohio and Ind.
Comprises 67 of state's 83 cos. Unlike the Upper Peninsula, it is
highly industrialized, esp. S ½, and it is noted for
its agr. prods., esp. its fruits and vegetables. It is characterized by
low moraines, sand dunes, marshes, and lakes, all remnants of past
glaciation.
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