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Rank by: A–Z Area (sq mi) Length (mi) Max depth (ft)

30 entries

Chesapeake Bay

The largest estuary in the United States

Crater Lake

The deepest lake in the United States

Galveston Bay

The shallow estuary at the heart of the Houston coast

Great Salt Lake

The largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere

Iliamna Lake

The largest lake in Alaska

Lake Champlain

A long, deep lake sometimes called the sixth Great Lake

Lake Erie

The shallowest and warmest of the Great Lakes

Lake Huron

The Great Lake with the longest shoreline

Lake Michigan

The only Great Lake entirely within the United States

Lake Okeechobee

The vast, shallow "Lake O" at the heart of Florida

Lake Ontario

The smallest Great Lake by area, last before the Atlantic

Lake Pontchartrain

The broad brackish lake on the edge of New Orleans

Lake Superior

The largest freshwater lake in the world by area

Lake Tahoe

A deep, clear alpine lake in the Sierra Nevada

Long Island Sound

The tidal estuary between Long Island and Connecticut

Mobile Bay

Alabama's gateway to the Gulf of Mexico

Niagara Falls

The famous falls on the Niagara River

Puget Sound

The deep glacial inlet of western Washington

Red Lake

The largest lake entirely within Minnesota

San Francisco Bay

The great natural harbor of Northern California

The Colorado River

The river that carved the Grand Canyon

The Columbia River

The great river of the Pacific Northwest

The Great Lakes

The largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth

The Hudson River

The tidal river that made New York the gateway of a continent

The Mississippi River

The great river that drains the American heartland

The Missouri River

The longest river in North America

The Ohio River

The Mississippi's largest tributary by volume

The Rio Grande

The river border between the U.S. and Mexico

The Salton Sea

California's largest lake, created by accident and shrinking

The Snake River

The Columbia's largest tributary, carver of Hells Canyon