Howstuffworks "United States Lakes and Swamps"

Dismal Swamp

Dismal Swamp, also Great Dismal Swamp, a coastal swamp in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

Flathead Lake

Flathead Lake, the largest natural lake in Montana. It lies in northwestern Montana, between Kalispell and Polson.

Great Salt Lake, a large saline lake in northwestern Utah. It lies near Salt Lake City between the Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake Desert and receives the waters of the Bear, Jordan, and Weber rivers.

Lake Agassiz

Agassiz, Lake, a prehistoric glacial lake of North America. It existed near the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, or Ice Age.

Lake Bonneville

Bonneville, Lake, a prehistoric freshwater lake that once covered northwestern Utah and adjoining parts of Idaho and Nevada.

Lake Champlain

Champlain, Lake, a long, narrow lake forming most of the boundary between New York and Vermont and extending a short distance into Quebec.

Lake Erie

Erie, Lake, fourth largest of the five Great Lakes of east-central North America.

Lake George

George, Lake, a lake in northeastern New York. It is 33 miles (53 km) long and 1 to 3 miles (1.6–4.8 km) wide.

Lake Huron

Huron, Lake, the second largest of the Great Lakes. Lake Huron is bounded on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the state of Michigan.

Lake Itasca

Itasca, Lake, a lake in northwest-central Minnesota. It is on the Mississippi River, 150 miles (240 km) west of Duluth.

Lake Memphremagog

Memphremagog, Lake, a lake in Vermont and Quebec. The name comes from an Indian word meaning “beautiful water.” The lake is 30 miles (48 km) long (north-south) and up to 3 miles (5 km) wide.

Lake Michigan

Michigan, Lake, the third largest of the Great Lakes, and the only one of the group wholly in the United States.

Lake of the Woods

Lake of the Woods, a lake in Minnesota and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.

Lake Okeechobee

Okeechobee, Lake, a lake in southern Florida, just north of the Everglades. Covering 700 square miles (1,800 km2), it is one of the nation's largest natural lakes.