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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.
Global map of countries by total renewable internal freshwater resources (billion cubic meters) in 2020, according to World Bank [1]. This is the list of countries by total renewable water resources for the year 2020, based on the latest data available in January 2024, by World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT data). [2]
Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. 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 ...
The Thirty Thousand Islands are the world's largest freshwater archipelago, and are located mainly along the east side of Georgian Bay, part of the Great Lakes, in Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] Biosphere map of Georgian Bay. UNESCO designated the area in 2004 as the Georgian Bay Littoral (also called the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve). It is an ...
Most water in Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from saline seawater, while fresh water accounts for nearly 1% of the total. The vast bulk of the water on Earth is saline or salt water, with an average salinity of 35‰ (or 3.5%, roughly equivalent to 34 grams of salts in 1 kg of seawater), though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land.
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
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]
The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, ... Tarbela Dam, Pakistan (the largest earth-filled dam in the world and also the largest by structural volume) ...