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25 largest lakes and reservoirs in the United States

25 lakes and reservoirs, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The lakes and reservoirs

  1. 1Lake Superior82,350 km²
  2. 2Lake Huron59,600 km²
  3. 3Lake Michigan57,750 km²
  4. 4Lake Erie25,744 km²
  5. 5Lake Ontario18,529 km²
  6. 6Great Salt Lake4,400 km²
  7. 7Lake of the Woods4,350 km²
  8. 8Iliamna Lake2,622 km²
  9. 9Lake Oahe1,922 km²
  10. 10Lake Okeechobee1,890 km²
  11. 11Lake Sakakawea1,626 km²
  12. 12Lake Champlain1,269 km²
  13. 13Becharof Lake1,170 km²
  14. 14Red Lake1,148 km²
  15. 15Lake St. Clair1,114 km²
  16. 16Fort Peck Lake1,040 km²
  17. 17Rainy Lake932 km²
  18. 18Salton Sea888 km²
  19. 19Teshekpuk Lake864 km²
  20. 20Toledo Bend Reservoir811 km²
  21. 21Lake Powell658 km²
  22. 22Lake Mead640 km²
  23. 23Lake Winnebago557 km²
  24. 24Mille Lacs Lake536 km²
  25. 25Flathead Lake510 km²

Surface area in km²: the Largest Lakes set’s figure for its lakes, else Wikidata’s (P2046) where it fits the outline, else the area of the outline. Seasonal salt pans keep their recorded figure; their area varies. Every named lake Natural Earth maps at 1:10m (with its supplements for Europe, North America and Australia), and every lake of the Largest Lakes set. The Caspian Sea counts as a lake, as in that set; coastal lagoons (the Vistula Lagoon, the Black Sea limans) do not. Countries are those on its shores, from the outlines. Reservoirs (artificial lakes behind a dam, as Natural Earth or Wikidata mark them) count along with the natural lakes.

On the map

Map of 25 largest lakes and reservoirs in the United States, 25 lakes and reservoirs: each one marked on the globe

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