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Largest Lakes

 
 

Lake

Area sq. mi. (sq. km.)

Location

Superior

31,800 (82,362)

Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota; Ontario, Canada

Huron

23,000 (59,570)

Michigan; Canada

Michigan

22,400 (58,000)

Michigan; Indiana; Illinois; Wisconsin

Erie

9,910 (25,666)

New York; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Michigan; Canada

Ontario

7,600 (19,684)

New York; Canada

Great Salt Lake

2,000 (5,180)

Utah

Lake of the Woods

1,695 (4,390)

Minnesota; Canada

Iliamna

1,033 (2,675)

Alaska

Okeechobee

730 (1,890)

Florida

Pontchartrain

630 (1,632)

Louisiana

Becharof

458 (1,186)

Alaska

Red Lake

451 (1,168)

Minnesota

St. Clair

450 (1,150)

Michigan; Canada

Champlain

430 (1,114)

New York; Vermont; Canada

Salton Sea

360 (932)

California

Mead

227 (588)

Arizona; Nevada

Winnebago

215 (557)

Wisconsin

Tahoe

192 (497)

California; Nevada

Yellowstone

137 (355)

Wyoming

Moosehead

117 (303)

Maine

Owasco

110 (284)

New York


ImageThe World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2000: Millennium Collector’s Edition. Mahwah, N.J.: World Almanac Books, 1999.



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