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This is short compared to other dams. However, when viewed against the 81,200 km2 area of the lake, even a small range in Lake Superior's water level means its active volume is greater than the largest nominal in the table below.
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).
Tala Tank is claimed to be the largest overhead reservoir in the world [20] was constructed on the 250-year-old [40] Barrackpore Trunk Road. It is a square, 110 ft (34 m) high, 321 ft (98 m) wide and 16 ft (4.9 m) deep structure, [9] that has a floor area of 321 sq ft (29.8 m 2). [8]
Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean , along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe .
The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, ... (the largest earth-filled dam in the world and also the largest by structural volume) Rawal Dam, Pakistan. Tarbela ...
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 Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, has receded considerable in the past 22 years, new satellite photos from NASA show. More than 40 million people depend on its waters.
It contains 27 islands; the largest, Olkhon, is 72 km (45 mi) long and is the third-largest lake-bound island in the world. The lake is fed by as many as 330 inflowing rivers. [25] The main ones draining directly into Baikal are the Selenga, the Barguzin, the Upper Angara, the Turka, the Sarma, and the Snezhnaya.