What artificial lake is the world's largest?

lanfranco

It would appear to be Lake Nasser, in Egypt and Sudan. http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/rivers/River%20Articles/lakenasser.htm May 03 05, 10:53 AM

riotgrrl

Although it's often said to be Lake Nasser, at around 6,000 km2 it is significantly smaller than Lake Volta, which is over 8,000 km2. May 04 05, 11:32 AM

melodysparks

Lake Volta is the world’s largest artificial lake 85 m above sea level created after the River Volta was dammed at the Akosombo gorge with an average length and width of 400 km and 25 km respectively. It has a catchment of 385,185 km2, excluding its own area of 8,730 km2 Surface area [km2] 8,502 Volume [km3] 148 Maximum depth [m] 75 Mean depth [m] 18.8 Water level Regulated Normal range of annual water level fluctuation [m] 2-3 Length of shoreline [km] 4,800 Residence time [yr] 4.3 Catchment area [km2] 385,180 May 04 05, 6:07 PM

author

According to my information the largest dams/reservoris/artificial lakes (by volume) are as follows: 1.Dnjepr dam, Russia in Europe (which, then, also is the largest in Europe), 182 billion m3. 2. Kariba dam, Zambia/Zimbabwe, 180 billion m3. 3. Lake Nasser, Egypt/Sudan, 169 billion m3. 4. Bratsk dam, Russia in Asia, 169 billion m3. 5. Lake Volta, Ghana, 148 billion m3. Which of these has the largest area in km2? I don' t know. May 05 05, 9:28 AM

gmackematix

Sorry, but the damming of the Dnieper created not one reservoir of the volume claimed but a chain of reservoirs, none of which on their own are the largest in the world or Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper May 05 05, 3:26 PM