the gatun
Lake Powell
this lake is an artificial lake in Panama forming part of the Panama Canal. At the time it was created it was the largest man made lake in the world. No known reason for the name, there is another local word Gatoon which may a local name for something like an artificial lake
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
Lake Superior
Lake Superior
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).
Your question assumes the Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in the US. It is not. That would be Lake Superior.
Lake Superior is the largest lake that is partly in the USA. The largest lake totally in the USA is Lake Michigan