This is a list of lakes in Minnesota. Minnesota is known as The Lan of 10,000 Lakes, but the official count of lakes more than ten acres (40,000 m²) in size is actually more than ten thousand at approximately 11,842. All but four Minnesota counties (Mower, Olmsted, Pipestone and Rock) contain at least one natural lake. Minnesota's shoreline from its lakes and rivers provide more shoreline than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.