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Below are the reservoirs (artificial lakes) in the world with a surface area exceeding 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). Reservoirs can be formed conventionally, by damming the outlet of a canyon or valley to form a lake; the largest of this type is Ghana's Lake Volta, with a water surface of 8,500 km 2 (3,300 sq mi).
It covers an area of 5,580 square kilometres (2,150 square miles) and its storage capacity is 185 cubic kilometres (44 cubic miles). The mean depth of the lake is 29 metres (95 feet); the maximum depth is 97 metres (318 feet). It is the world's largest man-made reservoir by volume, four times as large as the Three Gorges Dam. [1]
For example, a small dam, two hydroelectric plants, and locks on the outlet of Lake Superior make it possible to artificially control the lake level. Certainly, the great majority of the lake is natural. However, the control of water that can be held in reserve means a portion of the vast lake functions as a reservoir.
Deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. [19] 8: Great Bear Lake Canada: Fresh 31,153 km 2 12,028 sq mi 373 km 232 mi 446 m 1,463 ft 2,234 km 3 536 cu mi Largest lake entirely within Canada, [20] and the largest lake partially within the Arctic Circle 9: Malawi Malawi Mozambique Tanzania: Fresh 29,600 km 2
However, because it is also the deepest lake, [6] with a maximum depth of 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms), [1] Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 23,615.39 km 3 (5,670 cu mi) of water [1] or 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, [7] [8] more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. [9]
man-made 66 Kerr Lake: North Carolina–Virginia: 78 sq mi 202 km 2: man-made 67 Calcasieu Lake: Louisiana: 77 sq mi 199 km 2: natural 68 Lake Murray: South Carolina: 75 sq mi 194 km 2: man-made 69 Grand Lake o' the Cherokees: Oklahoma: 73 sq mi 189 km 2: man-made 69 Lake Koocanusa: British Columbia–Montana: 73 sq mi 189 km 2: man-made 71 ...
In 1960, the Aral Sea was the world's twelfth-largest known lake by volume, at 1,100 km 3 (260 cu mi). However, by 2007 it had shrunk to 10% of its original volume and was divided into three lakes, none of which are large enough to appear on this list. [17]
Lake Nasser (Arabic: بحيرة ناصر Boħeiret Nāṣer, Egyptian Arabic: [boˈħeiɾet ˈnɑːseɾ]) is a large reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.It was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam and is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. [1]