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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.
Dymaxion world map with the 15 largest lakes roughly to scale. This is a pair of lists of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than approximately 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), ranked by area, [1] [2] [3] excluding reservoirs and lagoons. The area of some lakes can vary over time, either seasonally or from year to year.
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.
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] Canada ...
The list of drainage basins by area identifies basins (also known as "catchments" or, in North American usage, "watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain to oceans, mediterranean seas, rivers, lakes and other water bodies.
Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins. There are six generally recognized hydro-logical continental divides which divide the continent into seven principal drainage basins spanning three oceans ( Arctic , Atlantic and Pacific ) and one endorheic basin.
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 ...
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border.The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (though hydrologically, Michigan and Huron are a single body of water; they are joined by the Straits of Mackinac).