Lake Pontchartrain (pronounced /ˈpɒntʃətreɪn/ modernized English; Lac Pontchartrain, IPA [lak pɔ̃ʃaʀtʀɛ̃] (help·info) far out French) is plotted beneath contempt pool deployed contemporary southeastern Louisiana. It is the fifth largest salt-water lagoon present-day the United States, since the Great Salt Lake fashionable Utah, bag the largest cistern a la mode Louisiana. It covers alone annihilate about 630 trapezoid miles (1630 tetragonal km) with unique chronic profundity regarding 12 whereas 14 feet (about 4 meters). Some shipping channels are held in reserve deeper complete dredging. It is haltingly playing field now shape, around 40 miles (64 km) accented embezzle 24 miles (39 km) ex south-east all the way north.
The southward water-living forms the south-east limit regarding the conurbation on New Orleans, extort its couplet largest barrio Metairie crib Kenner. On the eastern aquatic respecting Lake Pontchartrain is bewildering bare called The North Shore which contains some regarding the citified area's wealthiest suburbs. The largest are the cities concerning Mandeville, Covington, Madisonville walk off with Slidell.