TOP 10 LARGEST LAKES IN THE US BY SURFACE AREA

10. LAKE OAHE Surface area - about 580 square miles (1,500 square kilometers) States - North Dakota and South Dakota

9. LAKE OKEECHOBEE Surface area - about 734 square miles (1,900 square kilometers) State - Florida

8. ILIAMNA LAKE Surface area - about 1,010 square miles (2,615 square kilometers) State - Alaska

7. LAKE OF THE WOODS Surface area - about 1,680 square miles (4,350 square kilometers) State - Minnesota

6. GREAT SALT LAKE Surface area - about 1,700 square miles (4,400 square kilometers) (average) State - Utah

5. LAKE ONTARIO Surface area - about 7,340 square miles (19,010 square kilometers) State - New York

4. LAKE ERIE Surface area - about 9,910 square miles (25,670 square kilometers) States - Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

Cleveland, Ohio

3. LAKE MICHIGAN Surface area - about 22,400 square miles (58,015 square kilometers) States - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin

Chicago, Illinois

2. LAKE HURON Surface area - about 23,000 square miles (59,600 square kilometers) States - Michigan

1. LAKE SUPERIOR Surface area - about 31,700 square miles (82,100 square kilometers) States - Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin

The five Great Lakes of North America

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