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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. The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially.
Very large catchment area compared to own size. No other great lake has that ratio. 13: Ontario Canada United States: Fresh 18,970 km 2 7,320 sq mi [14] 311 km 193 mi 244 m 801 ft [14] 1,631 km 3 391 cu mi [14] The lowest lying of the Great Lakes. 14: Ladoga Russia: Fresh 17,700 km 2 6,800 sq mi 219 km 136 mi 260 m 850 ft 837 km 3 201 cu mi
United States. North American Great Lakes: 58,030 km 2 (22,410 sq mi) 4,930 km 3 (1,180 cu mi) Fresh Huron [n 1] Canada, United States. North American Great Lakes: 59,590 km 2 (23,010 sq mi) 3,520 km 3 (840 cu mi) Fresh Victoria Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya. African Great Lakes: 59,940 km 2 (23,140 sq mi) 2,420 km 3 (580 cu mi) Fresh Great Bear [10 ...
Boatzon looked at the economic and environmental importance of the 10 largest lakes in the U.S. Lake sizes and locations are based on Census data.
deepest lake in the United States 23: Seneca Lake: New York: 12,566,054 acre⋅ft (15.5 km 3) 618 ft (188 m) largest of the Finger Lakes: 24: Yellowstone Lake: Wyoming: 12,095,264 acre⋅ft (14.9 km 3) 390 ft (119 m) highest in elevation of large lakes 25: Lake Franklin D. Roosevelt: Washington: 9,402,000 acre⋅ft (11.6 km 3) 349 ft (106 m ...
Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage ...
Below are the reservoirs (artificial lakes) in the world with a surface area exceeding 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). Reservoirs can be formed conventionally, by damming the outlet of a canyon or valley to form a lake; the largest of this type is Ghana's Lake Volta, with a water surface of 8,500 km 2 (3,300 sq mi).
This is short compared to other dams. However, when viewed against the 81,200 km2 area of the lake, even a small range in Lake Superior's water level means its active volume is greater than the largest nominal in the table below.