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A new study ranking the cleanest and dirtiest lakes in the U.S. places three Oklahoma lakes among the top 10 dirtiest lakes in the country.
A new study ranks three Texas lakes in the top 10 dirtiest lakes in the U.S. The study was released by Lake.com, a vacation rental platform that used data from the National Water Quality ...
What are the 'dirtiest' lakes in Oklahoma? A recent study from vacation rental platform Lake.com ranked the top 10 "dirtiest" lakes in the U.S. based on the volume of certain chemicals present.
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
Volumes given for lakes shared with Canada and Mexico are for the total volume of the lake. Many lakes vary substantially in volume over time, especially man-made lakes, reservoirs, and lakes in arid areas. Capacity given is for normal or average lake level.
Onondaga Lake is a dimictic lake, [3] meaning that the lake water completely mixes from top to bottom twice a year. The lake is 4.6 miles (7.4 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide making a surface area of 4.6 square miles (12 km 2). [3] The maximum depth of the lake is 63 feet (19 m) with an average depth of 35 feet (11 m). [4]
Clear Lake (Pomo: Lypoyomi) [2] [3] is a natural freshwater lake in Lake County in the U.S. state of California, north of Napa County and San Francisco. It is the largest natural freshwater lake wholly within the state, with 68 square miles (180 km 2) of surface area. It has an age of nearly 500,000 years.
LawnStarter ranked the dirtiest cities in the U.S. after completing a study of more than 300 cities based on air pollution, water quality, waste management and resident dissatisfaction levels.