List of Reservoirs or Artificial Lake

List of reservoirs by area

The following are the world's ten largest reservoirs by surface area:

1. Lake Volta (8,482 km² or 3,275 sq mi; Ghana)
2. Smallwood Reservoir (6,527 km² or 2,520 sq mi; Canada)
3. Kuybyshev Reservoir (6,450 km² or 2,490 sq mi; Russia)
4. Lake Kariba (5,580 km² or 2,150 sq mi; Zimbabwe, Zambia)
5. Bukhtarma Reservoir (5,490 km² or 2,120 sq mi; Kazakhstan)
6. Bratsk Reservoir (5,426 km² or 2,095 sq mi; Russia)
7. Lake Nasser (5,248 km² or 2,026 sq mi; Egypt, Sudan)
8. Rybinsk Reservoir (4,580 km² or 1,770 sq mi; Russia)
9. Caniapiscau Reservoir (4,318 km² or 1,667 sq mi; Canada)
10. Lake Guri (4,250 km² or 1,640 sq mi; Venezuela)

List of reservoirs by volume

1. Lake Kariba (180 km³ or 43 cu mi; Zimbabwe, Zambia)
2. Bratsk Reservoir (169 km³ or 41 cu mi; Russia)
3. Lake Nasser (157 km³ or 38 cu mi; Egypt, Sudan)
4. Lake Volta (148 km³ or 36 cu mi; Ghana)
5. Manicouagan Reservoir (142 km³ or 34 cu mi; Canada)
6. Lake Guri (135 km³ or 32 cu mi; Venezuela)
7. Williston Lake (74 km³ or 18 cu mi; Canada)
8. Krasnoyarsk Reservoir (73 km³ or 18 cu mi; Russia)
9. Zeya Reservoir (68 km³ or 16 cu mi; Russia)

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