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Lakes in the United States by Clue

Can you name these lakes that are described below?
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Last updated: September 5, 2019
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First submittedNovember 19, 2012
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Clue
Lake
The largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area
Lake Superior
The largest lake that is entirely within the U.S.
Lake Michigan
Great Lake which is connected to the above
Lake Huron
Great Lake which shares its name with a Canadian province
Lake Ontario
Great Lake on which Cleveland lies
Lake Erie
Largest lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains between California and Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Minnesota lake which forms the northernmost point of the lower 48 states
Lake of the Woods
Where Mormon pioneers settled in 1847
Great Salt Lake
Florida's largest lake
Lake Okeechobee
Brackish lake bordering New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
The deepest lake in the U.S., it sits atop a volcano in Oregon
Crater Lake
Lake that separates Seattle from its eastern suburbs
Lake Washington
This salty "sea" at 226 ft below sea level is located about 100 miles east of San Diego
Salton Sea
Dragon-shaped lake formed by the damming of the Osage river in Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
The largest lake entirely within Wisconsin
Lake Winnebago
Large reservoir behind Parker Dam, in California and Arizona
Lake Havasu
This group of lakes in upstate New York includes Cayuga and Seneca Lake
Finger Lakes
Lake bordering New York, Vermont, and Quebec
Lake Champlain
Reservoir created by the Glen Canyon Dam in Utah and Arizona
Lake Powell
Reservoir behind Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
10 Comments
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Level 75
Feb 27, 2015
No Lake Woebegone???
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Level 77
Jun 24, 2015
I got the 3 most known Great Lakes and that's it. I think my American geography needs polishing up a bit...
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Level 88
Dec 2, 2018
Lake of the Woods is pretty tough. Lake Itasca (source of the Mississippi) is probably (?) a more famous Minnesota lake.
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Level 90
Aug 26, 2019
Lake of the Woods has a more memorable name though, imho
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Level 67
Feb 16, 2019
only 9/20, got to get my brain on
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Level 42
Jul 3, 2019
Please accept just Salt Lake
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Level 90
Aug 26, 2019
Nah. Would be cool if crater worked without lake, though.
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Level 85
Sep 5, 2019
Please accept crater, without having to type crater lake.
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Level ∞
Sep 5, 2019
Ok
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Level 64
Feb 21, 2020
I guess "Ozark" wasn't close enough? I won't complain; it was just a wild guess....