🌊 Lake Okeechobee

United States · Americas · 26.95°N, 80.80°W

Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, excluding Lake Michigan which is connected to Lake Huron. The name Okeechobee comes from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chubi (big).

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Surface elevation	unknown
Coordinates (approx.)	26.95°N, 80.80°W · view on map

Lake Okeechobee in United States, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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