American Lakes Flashcards
This Florida lake bears a Hitchiti name that means “big water”
Lake Okeechobee
This type of shrimp named for its salty habitat has been called the most numerous inhabitant of the Great Salt Lake
brine shrimp
This lake in Upstate New York was named in 1755 to honor the then-current British monarch
Lake George
The name of this resort island in Lake Huron used to have “Michili- “ in front of it
Mackinac
In the 19th c., this 22-mile-long lake in the Sierra Nevada lost most of the forest around it, used for timber in the Comstock mines
Lake Tahoe
Due to its serpentine curves, this large reservoir in central Missouri has been called “the Magic Dragon”
The Lake of the Ozarks
It’s the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area & the one farthest east
Ontario
U.S. Coast Guard units based in Cleveland, Ohio are known as the “Guardians of” these bodies of water
The Great Lakes
Drought has depleted this lake, the USA’s largest man-made reservoir & a major source of Las Vegas’ water
Lake Mead
Millard Fillimore was born in this state’s Finger Lakes region in 1800; in 1830 he moved to Buffalo
New York
These “form the world’s largest freshwater body (in surface area)”
The Great Lakes
Of the 5 Great Lakes, it’s the highest above sea level
Lake Superior
This bloodsucking eel-like fish arrived in Lake Erie around 1920; within 25 years all the Great Lakes were infested
Lamprey
Tonka Toys got their name from this lake, one of the largest in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Minnetoba
Legend says his footprints & those of his blue ox, Babe, created Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes
Paul Bunyan
One of the world’s biggest artificially created lakes, the Lake of the Ozarks in this state has a shoreline of more than 1,000 miles
Missouri
French name of the canals between Lakes Superior & Huron that handle about 10,000 vessel passages a year
Soo Locks
22 miles long & 6,225 feet up, this lake on the California-Nevada border is the USA’s biggest Alpine lake
Lake Tahoe
Lake McConaughy, this state’s largest lake, is a reservoir created by the Kingsley Dam on the North Platte River
Nebraska
38 miles long & 3 miles wide at its broadest point, Seneca is the largest of this “body part” group of lakes
Finger Lakes
A narrow passage called the Rigolets connects this Louisiana Lake to Lake Borgne & the Gulf of Mexico
Lake Pontchartrain
In 1699 Sieur d’Iberville saw Okwata, a vast lake near the Gulf of Mexico, & renamed it this
Lake Pontchartrain
The Chicago River flows out of this Great Lake
Lake Michigan
In surface area this one of the 5 Great Lakes is the largest body of fresh water in the world
Lake Superior
This lake in Oregon is the second-deepest lake in North America
Crater Lake
Large rivers that enter this lake include the St. Joseph, Muskegon & Kalamazoo
Lake Michigan
The Soo Canals at the twin cities of Sault Ste Marie in Michigan & Ontario allow ships to pass between these two Great Lakes
Superior and Huron
Between 1913 & 1932 Canada dug a new & deeper version of the Welland Canal that connects these 2 Great Lakes
Erie and Ontario
The shallowest of the Great Lakes, it was the site of a U.S. naval victory in 1813
Erie
At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet
Salt Lake
The smallest of the Great Lakes in area
Ontario
2 answers please: the smallest & the largest of the Great Lakes
Ontario and Superior
Yellowstone Lake
Wyoming
Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees
Oklahoma
Lake Shasta
California
Sam Rayburn Lake
Texas
Lake Peekskill
New York
The northern tip of this long lake on the border between Vermont & New York extends into Quebec
Lake Champlain
The Straits of Mackinac separate the Upper & Lower Peninsulas & connect these two Great Lakes
Huron and Michigan
The last house where Kurt Cobain lived was by this lake with a presidential name
Lake Washington (Seattle)
Grande Isle & Isle La Motte are in this, the fourth-largest freshwater lake entirely in the U.S.
Lake Champlain
Halalii Lake
Hawaii
Lake Tahoe
Nevada and California
Coeur d’Alene Lake (pronounced Core-duh-lane)
Idaho
Lake Kissimmee
Florida
Chickamauga Lake
Tennessee
Despite Minnesota’s claim as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, this U.S. state has the most, with more than 3 million
Alaska
Oregon is in deep with this body of water on its state quarter
Crater Lake
John C. Fremont named this Nevada lake seen here for its tufa or rock formation
Pyramid Lake
This large Louisiana lake is named for Louis XIV’s marine minister
Lake Pontchartrain
This lake whose French name means “heart of an awl” is at the heart of a beautiful resort area in Idaho
Lake Coeur d’Alene
Pend Oreille is the largest of the thousands of lakes in this “Gem State”
Idaho
A memorial on an island in this Great Lake honors Oliver Hazard Perry’s victory there during the War of 1812
Erie
About 116 square miles in area, Moosehead is the largest lake in this “Pine Tree State”
Maine
This lake in the Western U.S. has a specific gravity that is 10-22% higher than that of fresh water
Great Salt Lake
This largest Florida lake covers about 700 square miles, but its greatest depth is only about 15 feet
Lake Okeechobee
J. Strom Thurmond Lake, which has more than 100 small islands, lies on this state’s border with Georgia
South Carolina
The 2nd-largest freshwater lake totally within the U.S., this state’s Lake Iliamna is the spawning ground for red salmon
Alaska
Hawaii’s Lake Waiau lies at 13,020 feet, atop this dormant volcano on the Big Island
Mauna Kea
Lake Mead straddles the border between these 2 states
Arizona and Nevada
Lobster Lake
Maine
The Straits of Mackinac connect these 2 Great Lakes
Lake Michigan and Huron
The city of Provo is just east of the lake that shares its name with this state in which Provo is located
Utah
Grosse Pointe, a suburb of this metropolis, lies on the shores of Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Rather than Lake Sallier, Louisianans took a settler’s first name & called their city this
Lake Charles
Fed by the Kissimmee River, it’s the largest freshwater lake in the southern United States
Lake Okeechobee
This lake in Manitoba, Ontario & Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake
Lake of the Woods
