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The following is a list of the 100 largest lakes of the United States by normal surface area. The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior.
19 Ιαν 2023 · Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the US. It is about 160 miles wide and about 350 miles long, with a water volume of 2,900 cubic miles. You can understand the extensiveness by the name of this lake.
This article lists the largest lakes, natural and man-made, in the United States by volume—the amount of water they contain under normal conditions. Volumes given for lakes shared with Canada and Mexico are for the total volume of the lake.
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area and the third largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. The Caspian Sea , while larger than Lake Superior in both surface area and volume, is brackish .
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4 Φεβ 2022 · Lake Superior is 20,287,963 acres (8,210,247 hectares), covers 2,726 miles (4,387 kilometers) of shoreline, and along with the other lakes that make up the Great Lakes, it’s the largest body of freshwater with three quadrillion gallons. Its water is fed from roughly 200 rivers, including the Nipigon and St. Louis rivers.
24 Οκτ 2024 · Iliamna Lake, located in southwestern Alaska, covers an area of 1,014 square miles and is the largest lake in the state. Known for its clear, pristine waters, it supports a rich population of fish, including sockeye salmon. It is also home to one of the only populations of freshwater seals in the world, which reside here year-round.
19 Ιαν 2024 · The largest lake in the United States is Lake Superior, which is also the largest freshwater lake in the world. Great Salt Lake, the sixth-largest lake in the country, is the world’s largest saltwater lake.
