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Most lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly through dam construction. [20] Conowingo Reservoir; Deep Creek Lake (largest lake in Maryland) Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake) Liberty Reservoir; Loch Raven Reservoir; Little Patuxent Oxbow Lake (at 50 acres, the largest natural freshwater lake in the state.) [21] [22] Prettyboy Reservoir
Pangong Tso; Lake Baikal – Lake Baikal is located in Siberia in southeastern Russia, just north of Mongolia. Considered the oldest surviving freshwater lake on the planet, it is also the deepest body of water in Asia at 5,315 feet (1,620 m), and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water.
The list is divided in two: all lakes as conventionally defined down to 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), and the largest lakes under a geological definition, where the Caspian Sea is considered a small ocean rather than a lake, and Lake Michigan–Huron (or "Huron–Michigan") is recognized as a single body of water.
The deepest lake is Wazee Lake, at 350 feet (107 meters). The deepest natural lake is Green Lake, at 237 feet (72 meters). The largest man-made lake is Petenwell Lake. Many lakes have the same names, with over 150 named Mud Lake and over 100 named Bass Lake.
The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3] The prevalence of lakes has generated many repeat names. For example, there are more than 200 Mud Lakes, 150 Long Lakes, and 120 Rice Lakes. [4]
Cabin Lake: a small, seasonally dry lake southeast of Newberry Volcano and a popular place for birdwatching: Camp Lake: a small lake at 6,975 ft (2,126 m) in elevation, northeast of South Sister Cascade Lakes: a group of mountain lakes south of Mount Bachelor: Lake Celilo: an artificial lake of the Columbia River created by The Dalles Dam ...
This is a list of lakes in the state of New York in the United States.Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Beaverdam Lake Great Sacandaga Lake Lake Champlain Lake Flower Lake Kanawauke Lake Placid Lower Saranac Lake Notch Lake Lake Otsego Upper St Regis Lake Upper Saranac Lake looking north
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]