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The list below largely ignores many natural lakes that have been augmented with the addition of a relatively minor dam. 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.
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume.The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration.
When asked the question: "How many gallons in Lusk Reservoir?" plebes are expected to respond "78 million US gallons (300,000 m 3 ) when the water is flowing over the spillway." The proper answer had been 92.2 million US gallons (349,000 m 3 ) until construction of Michie Stadium reduced it to its current size. [ 2 ]
Lake Superior's deepest point [4] on the bathymetric map. [1] Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,700 square miles (82,103 km 2), [7] which is approximately the size of South Carolina or Austria. It has a maximum length of 350 statute miles (560 km; 300 nmi) and maximum breadth of 160 statute miles (257 km; 139 nmi). [8]
Lake Mead receives the majority of its water from snow melt in the Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah Rocky Mountains. Inflows to the lake are largely moderated by the upstream Glen Canyon Dam, which is required to release around 8.23 million acre-feet (10,150,000 Ml) of water each year to Lake Mead under the Colorado River Compact. Releases from ...
Hugo Lake is manmade lake located 7 miles (11 km) east of Hugo, in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. [1] It is formed by Hugo Lake Dam on the Kiamichi River 18 miles (29 km) upstream from the Red River. The dam is visible from U.S. Route 70, which crosses its spillway just west of Sawyer.
Lake Okeechobee is a shallow lake, with an average depth of only 3 metres (9.8 ft), [31] and has a fetch of 54 kilometres (34 mi). [32] In total, the lake has a surface area of 1,730 square kilometres (670 sq mi). [33] The lake is normally mixed, but on days with direct sunlight and limited wind, the lake can exhibit diurnal thermal stratification.
Winter view of Lake Iijärvi seen from Iivaara in Kuusamo, Finland Lake Saimaa Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs larger than 10 km². There are about 5600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100'000 square metres), and 187,888 lakes larger than five ares (500 square metres / 5,382 ...