What is the largest single lake in the United States?

Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the single named lake with the largest surface area in the United States at 31,700 square miles (82,103 square kilometers).

Which lake is larger in area?

List of lakes

Name Area
1 Caspian Sea* 371,000 km2 (143,000 sq mi)
2 Superior 82,100 km2 (31,700 sq mi)
3 Victoria 68,870 km2 (26,590 sq mi)
4 Huron 59,600 km2 (23,000 sq mi)

What are the Great Lakes from largest to smallest?

Lakes

  • Lake Superior (the largest by volume and deepest, larger than Scotland or South Carolina)
  • Lake Michigan (the second-largest by volume and third-largest by area; the only one entirely in the U.S.)
  • Lake Huron (the third-largest by volume; the second largest in area)
  • Lake Erie (the smallest by volume and shallowest)

What is the smallest lake in the world?

Benxi Lake
Benxi Lake in Liaoning Province was lately approved by Guinness World Records as “the world’s smallest lake”. The lake was named after Benxi City where it is located. As a natural lake, Benxi Lake is only 15 m² large, yet the water is quite clear.

What is the largest fresh water body in the world?

Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume (23,600km3), containing 20% of the world’s fresh water. At 1,637m, it is the deepest freshwater lake in the world; the average depth is 758m. It is 636km long and 81km wide; the surface area is 31,494km2.

Which is the biggest of the 5 Great Lakes?

Areas and Volumes of the Great Lakes

surface area volume
sq mi cu km
Superior 31,700 12,100
Michigan 22,300 4,920
Huron 23,000 3,540