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What is the largest man-made lake in the world?
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#49334. Asked by McGruff. (Jul 12 04 3:40 PM)
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gmackematix
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At one time it was Lake Volta which is 400km long with an area of 8480 sq km (about 3700 sq miles). This lake behind the Akosombo Dam covers over two-thirds of Ghana.
Wikpedia claims this is the "second largest man-made lake in the world" but doesn't say what the largest is.
Annoyingly, googling the phrase "the largest man-made lake in the world" leads to sites about various lakes in China, USA, Russia, etc.
[Jul 12 04 8:14 PM] gmackematix writes:
Aha! Check out the dimensions of the following:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nasser
[Jul 13 04 4:39 PM] gmackematix writes:
As the lake behind the Owen Falls Dam is actually Lake Victoria, I'm not sure we can really call that a man-made lake!
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billygoat4
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Discovery channel says the largest man made lake will soon be a lake impounded by the Three Gorges Dam. Official name of the lake was at that time was yet to be decided. If I weren't so tired right now I would Ask Jeeves. Perhaps tomorrow. Whatever the name, it's in China.
[Jul 12 04 10:15 PM] billygoat4 writes:
Hold It! Buck is correct. Owen Falls apparently is the winner. Appologies to all for my faux pas. Should't surprise anyone that I could come up with an incorrect response, check out my pathetic scores.
[Jul 13 04 6:52 PM] billygoat4 writes:
Can't be Lake Victoria. It was discovered in 1858. I'm sure Mr. McGruff will give us the correct response in due time.
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McGruff
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This was a previous question that had been deleted. The answer given at the time was:
[Feb 28 01 9:43 AM] Gnomon writes: Lake Kariba, on the Zambeze river between Zimbabwe and Zambia. There's a bigger one due to open in 2003 on the Yangtse river in China.
http://www.dams.org/consultations/afrme/chair.htm
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