10 largest lakes in Texas

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There are more than 6000 "lakes" in Texas, but the vast majority of these are reservoirs formed by dams along creeks and rivers. There are just over 300 navigable lakes in Texas. In total Texas lakes impound over 4,959 square miles of fresh water.

* There is an arguable claim that there is only 1 natural lake in Texas, that being Caddo Lake on the NW Louisiana border. However, this neglects some oxbow lakes along the major rivers that may only be seasonally filled. Caddo Lake also includes many connected smaller lakes.

* Another border lake, Sabine Lake, is actually a brackish estuary and marsh on the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer 3

Wisconsin professes to have 15,074 lakes (see related links).

However, 9,037 of these lakes are unnamed and average only four acres in size, leaving only 6044 that are named. According to WI DNR, "Of the 15,074 documented lakes in Wisconsin, only about 40 percent have actually been named. The majority of the unnamed lakes are very small, less than 10 acres". The WI DNR also states, "About 3,620 of the state's lakes are larger than 20 acres, constituting more than 93 percent of the surface area of Wisconsin's inland lakes." dnr.wi.gov/lakes/about/factsandfigures.html

In contrast, Minnesota has 11,842 named lakes larger than ten acres (see related links).

When including unnamed lakes over ten acres the number for Minnesota is 15,291. mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/state_facts.html

In addition, when considering the surface area of each of the states five largest lakes (Great Lakes excluded), Wisconsin's largest cover 204,105 acres whereas Minnesota's top five total 896,387. Furthermore, the surface area of Minnesota's largest eight lakes is greater than all 15,074 lakes in Wisconsin.

Total surface area covered by lakes in each state

Wisconsin: 1,000,000 (see related links).

Minnesota: 2,560,299 acres (dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html)

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The state's nickname, The Land of 10,000 Lakes, is no exaggeration; there are 11,842 lakes over 10 acres in size.

Answer 6

Minnesota actually has 15,291 lakes of 10 acres or more, but only 11,842 of those lakes are "officially" counted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Answer 7

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