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Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume. [18] 7: Baikal Russia: Fresh 31,722 km 2 12,248 sq mi 636 km 395 mi 1,642 m 5,387 ft 23,610 km 3 5,660 cu mi 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
This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage volume (conservation pool).
Scale depiction of the 15 largest lakes in the US. The following is a list of the 100 largest lakes of the United States by normal surface area. The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior. The area given is the normal or average area of the ...
One of the largest aquifers in the Western United States. The state of Washington has numerous large aquifers, as shown in this map of the Hydrogeology of Washington State. Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer [6] covers 325 square miles (842 km 2) in eastern Washington and Idaho. It provides drinking water for some 700,000 people.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. The Guarani Aquifer The Guarani Aquifer , located beneath the surface of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay , and Uruguay , is the second largest known aquifer system in the world and is an important source of fresh water . [ 1 ]
4 North America. Toggle North America subsection. ... Magothy aquifer – largest of Long Island's aquifers; ... South America. Amazon Basin;
North American Great Lakes: 58,030 km 2 (22,410 sq mi) 4,930 km 3 (1,180 cu mi) Fresh Huron [n 1] Canada, United States. North American Great Lakes: 59,590 km 2 (23,010 sq mi) 3,520 km 3 (840 cu mi) Fresh Victoria Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya. African Great Lakes: 59,940 km 2 (23,140 sq mi) 2,420 km 3 (580 cu mi) Fresh Great Bear [10] Canada ...
The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas). [1]