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| [[Lake Okeechobee]] |
| [[Lake Okeechobee]] lake of floating ... and the fishes are sperms |
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| [[Florida]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|662}} |
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|<ref>Largest lake in the [[Southern United States|South]]</ref> |
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| [[Lake Pontchartrain]] (salt) |
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| [[Louisiana]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|631}} |
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|<ref>Often considered an [[estuary]] rather than a lake</ref> |
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| [[Lake Sakakawea]] (man-made) |
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| [[North Dakota]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|520}} |
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| [[Lake Champlain]] |
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| [[New York]]-[[Quebec]]-[[Vermont]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|490}} |
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| [[Becharof Lake]] |
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| [[Alaska]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|453}} |
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| [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]] |
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| [[Michigan]] - [[Ontario]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|440}} |
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| [[Red Lake (Minnesota)|Red Lake]] |
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| [[Minnesota]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|427}} |
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|<ref>includes both Upper and Lower Red Lake</ref> |
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| [[Selawik Lake]] |
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| [[Alaska]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|404}} |
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| [[Fort Peck Lake]] (man-made) |
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| [[Montana]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|393}} |
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| [[Salton Sea]] (salt) |
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| [[California]] |
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| {{Unit area|sqmi|347}} |
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| [[Rainy Lake]] |
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Revision as of 16:35, 28 September 2012
The following is a list of lakes of the United States by surface area. The top twenty lakes is size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior. The remainder are compiled from a list on http://www.lakelubbers.com/worlds-largest-lakes-in-world-acres-C1/, accessed 7 Mar 2011. The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. Some lakes fluctuate substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States.
Notes
- ^ One of the Great Lakes; considered the largest lake in the United States by the National Atlas of the United States.
- ^ One of the Great Lakes.
- ^ Although it forms one a single hydrological unit with Lake Huron (their surfaces are at the same elevation and the water flows in either direction in the channel separating them), they are generally considered distinct lakes, and Lake Michigan is generally considered the largest lake entirely within the United States, as Lake Huron and Lake Superior are binational (shared with Canada).
- ^ One of the Great Lakes.
- ^ One of the Great Lakes.
- ^ If Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are considered the same lake, the largest lake entirely within the United States. Also the largest salt lake in the United States.
- ^ Largest man-made lake (reservoir) by surface area in the United States.
- ^ The area of Devils Lake was taken from the summer 2011 record peak of 1,454.4 ft (443.3 m) MSL. Devils Lake has experienced severe flooding and has risen more than 31 feet (9.4 m) since 1993. Area has increased by 4 times.
- ^ Devils Lake Elevation-Volume Table
- ^ USGS Devils Lake Flood History
- ^ National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (NWS AHPS) for Devils Lake at Creel Bay
- ^ Part of St. Lawrence Seaway
See also
External links
- List from the National Atlas of the United States