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Test your knowledge with the Most Common US Lake Names Quiz. Can you name the top 100 lakes in the United States?

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Name the 100 most common names for US lakes. Lakes for the purpose of this quiz are bodies of water in the US National Hydrography Dataset with an area of at least 10 acres. Total lakes and first letter shown. ‘Lake’ does not have to be entered for the lake names.

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