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.
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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.
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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
The largest lake entirely within the United States is Lake Michigan. The largest lake that is partially within the United States, and the largest lake in North America, is Lake Superior.
The largest lake in the United States is Lake Superior. The next largest lakes are Lake Huron, as well as Lake Michigan.