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Lakes in the western hemisphere among the world’s 100 largest

39 lakes, 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

  1. 1Lake Superior82,350 km²
  2. 2Lake Huron59,600 km²
  3. 3Lake Michigan57,750 km²
  4. 4Great Bear Lake31,153 km²
  5. 5Great Slave Lake27,209 km²
  6. 6Lake Erie25,744 km²
  7. 7Lake Winnipeg24,400 km²
  8. 8Lake Ontario18,529 km²
  9. 9Lake Titicaca8,372 km²
  10. 10Lake Nicaragua8,264 km²
  11. 11Lake Athabasca7,850 km²
  12. 12Reindeer Lake6,500 km²
  13. 13Mar Chiquita5,770 km²
  14. 14Lake Winnipegosis5,164 km²
  15. 15Nettilling Lake5,051 km²
  16. 16Lake Nipigon4,848 km²
  17. 17Lake Manitoba4,624 km²
  18. 18Great Salt Lake4,400 km²
  19. 19Lake of the Woods4,350 km²
  20. 20Lagoa Mirim3,994 km²
  21. 21Dubawnt Lake3,833 km²
  22. 22Amadjuak Lake3,115 km²
  23. 23Lake Melville3,069 km²
  24. 24Iliamna Lake2,622 km²
  25. 25Lake Mistassini2,335 km²
  26. 26Wollaston Lake2,286 km²
  27. 27Nueltin Lake2,033 km²
  28. 28Southern Indian Lake2,015 km²
  29. 29McLeod Bay1,934 km²
  30. 30Lake Okeechobee1,890 km²
  31. 31Baker Lake1,887 km²
  32. 32General Carrera Lake1,850 km²
  33. 33Lac La Martre1,687 km²
  34. 34Lake Claire1,436 km²
  35. 35Lake Argentino1,415 km²
  36. 36Lac la Ronge1,413 km²
  37. 37Lac des Oeufs1,350 km²
  38. 38Poopó Lake1,340 km²
  39. 39Yathkyed Lake1,334 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. Natural lakes only: reservoirs (artificial lakes behind a dam, as Natural Earth or Wikidata mark them) are left out. Lakes in Antarctica are left out unless the quiz includes Antarctica. The western hemisphere: west of the prime meridian, to 180°. Places are by geography: what lies in a dependency counts for its own region (Puerto Rico’s islands are the Caribbean’s, Réunion’s Africa’s), and Hawaii is in Polynesia. Ranked in the world first: the 100 largest lakes of the world, and of those the ones in the western hemisphere.

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