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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