The largest lake totally in the United States is Lake Michigan at 22,400 square miles. Excluding the Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake in Utah could be the largest lake at 1700 square miles.
Lake Michigan. It is the third largest American lake behind Huron and Superior but they border Canada. Lake Michigan doesn't touch any other country than the US.
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Lake Superior
Superior is the largest lake that's partly in the United States at 31,820 square miles. The largest lake entirely contained in the United States is Lake Michigan, 22,400 square miles. Excluding the great lakes, the Great Salt Lake in Utah is the largest lake in the USA at 1700 square miles.
Lake Powell
Lake Michigan is the lake that is completely in the U.S..
The largest lake in the US is Lake Superior and its maximum depth is 1,332 ft.
In the US, Lake Superior is the largest lake. Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is actually in the US. Lake Superior is larger but it's impossible to credit it as largest since a good deal of it is in Another Country, namely Canada.
Lake Superior
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Lake Michigan
The largest lake in the US is Lake Superior, one of the great lakes, on the Canadian border (it's partially in the US and partially in Canada).
The Atlantic and Pacific border the US on both sides. However, the largest bodies of water completely within the US are Lake Michigan and the Great Salt Lake.
Your question assumes the Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in the US. It is not. That would be Lake Superior.