Lake Erie is about 1.2 times bigger than Wales.

Wales is approximately 21,218 km² (8,192 sq mi), while Lake Erie is approximately 25,744 km² (9,940 sq mi), making Lake Erie 21% larger than Wales.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Wales vs. Lake Erie uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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