This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The
American
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state of
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
borders four of the five
Great Lakes.
The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are:
* 62,798 lakes ≥
* 26,266 lakes ≥
* 6,537 lakes ≥
* 1,148 lakes ≥
* 98 lakes ≥
* 10 lakes ≥
Many lakes share names, some of the most common are
Clear Lake,
Indian Lake,
Long Lake,
Mud Lake,
Round Lake and
Silver Lake
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See also
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List of lakes in the United States
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List of lakes of the United States by area
The following is a list of the 100 largest lakes of the United States by normal surface area. The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the ''National Atlas of the United States'', a publication of the United States Department of the Interi ...
References
General references
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External links
Michigan Department of Natural Resources website of Inland Lake Maps by County
{{Lakes in the United States
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...