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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\u00a0km2 (3,300\u00a0sq\u00a0mi). Reservoirs can also be formed by damming the outlets of natural lakes to regulate water levels, such as ones at Uganda’s Owen Falls Dam (Lake Victoria) and Russia’s Irkutsk Dam (Lake Baikal); they are included here and indicated with a light blue cell background.Large reservoir area does not necessarily coincide with large volume, as reservoirs with a large area tend to be shallow, such as at Suriname’s 1,560\u00a0km2 (600\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) Brokopondo Reservoir, with an average depth of just 13\u00a0m (43\u00a0ft). In comparison, Canada’s Kinbasket Lake, with an average depth of 58\u00a0m (190\u00a0ft), has a volume 25 percent greater \u2013 but with a surface area of just 430\u00a0km2 (170\u00a0sq\u00a0mi), does not meet the cutoff for inclusion in this list.NameCountryDamOutflowSurface areaRefImagekm2mi2Lake Victoria[n 1]\u00a0Kenya\u00a0Tanzania\u00a0UgandaOwen Falls DamWhite Nile66,40025,600[1]Irkutsk Reservoir\u2013Lake Baikal[n 2]\u00a0RussiaIrkutsk DamAngara River32,00012,000[2]Lake Winnipeg[n 3]\u00a0CanadaJenpeg DamNelson River24,4209,430[3]Lake Volta\u00a0GhanaAkosombo DamVolta River8,5003,300[4]Smallwood Reservoir\u00a0CanadaMultipleChurchill River6,5272,520[5]Reindeer Lake[n 4]\u00a0CanadaWhitesand DamReindeer River6,5002,500[6]Kuybyshev Reservoir\u00a0RussiaZhiguli DamVolga River6,4502,490Lake Kariba\u00a0Zambia\u00a0ZimbabweKariba DamZambezi River5,5802,150[7]Bukhtarma Reservoir[n 5]\u00a0KazakhstanBukhtarma DamIrtysh River5,4902,120[8]Bratsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaBratsk DamAngara River5,4702,110[9]Lake Nasser\u00a0EgyptAswan DamNile5,2002,000[10]Rybinsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaRybinsk DamVolga River4,5501,760[11]Caniapiscau Reservoir\u00a0CanadaMultipleCaniapiscau River4,3181,667[12]Lake Guri\u00a0VenezuelaGuri DamCaroni River4,2501,640Sobradinho Reservoir\u00a0BrazilSobradinho DamS\u00e3o Francisco River4,2251,631[13]Volgograd Reservoir\u00a0RussiaVolga DamVolga River3,1171,203Lago Tucuru\u00ed\u00a0BrazilTucuru\u00ed DamTocantins River2,8751,110[14]Robert-Bourassa Reservoir\u00a0CanadaRobert-Bourassa DamLa Grande River2,8151,087[12]Tsimlyansk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaTsimlyansky DamDon River2,7021,043[15]Cahora Bassa Lake\u00a0MozambiqueCahora Bassa DamZambezi River2,6651,029[16]La Grande-3 Reservoir\u00a0CanadaLa Grande-3 DamLa Grande River2,536979[12]Vilyuy Reservoir\u00a0RussiaVilyuy DamVilyuy River2,501966Kaptai lake\u00a0BangladeshKaptai DamKarnaphuli River2,399926[17]Balbina Reservoir\u00a0BrazilBalbina DamUatum\u00e3 River2,360910[14]Sanmenxia Reservoir\u00a0ChinaSanmenxia DamYellow River2,350910Boguchany Reservoir\u00a0RussiaBoguchany DamAngara River2,326898S\u00e9rgio Motta Reservoir\u00a0BrazilEng S\u00e9rgio Motta DamParan\u00e1 River2,250870Ust-Khantai Reservoir\u00a0RussiaUst-Khantai DamKhantayka River2,230860Cheboksary Reservoir\u00a0RussiaCheboksary DamVolga River2,190850Kremenchuk Reservoir\u00a0UkraineKremenchuk DamDnieper River2,250870Kakhovka Reservoir\u00a0UkraineKakhovka DamDnieper River2,155832[18]Lake Argyle\u00a0AustraliaOrd River DamOrd River2,072800[19]Krasnoyarsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaKrasnoyarsk DamYenisei River2,000770[20]Manicouagan Reservoir\u00a0CanadaDaniel-Johnson DamManicouagan River1,973762[12]Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaUst-Ilimsk DamAngara River1,922742Kama Reservoir\u00a0RussiaKama DamKama River1,915739Kapchagay Reservoir\u00a0KazakhstanKapchagay DamIli River1,847713Saratov Reservoir\u00a0RussiaBalakovo DamVolga River1,831707Williston Lake\u00a0CanadaW.A.C. Bennett DamPeace River1,773685[21]Yacyret\u00e1 Reservoir\u00a0Argentina\u00a0ParaguayYacyret\u00e1 DamParan\u00e1 River1,600620[22]Lake Sakakawea\u00a0United StatesGarrison DamMissouri River1,539594[23]Lake Oahe\u00a0United StatesOahe DamMissouri River1,515585[23]Brokopondo Reservoir\u00a0SurinameAfobaka DamSuriname River1,500580[24]Furnas Reservoir\u00a0BrazilFurnas DamGrande River1,473569[25]Itaipu Reservoir\u00a0Brazil\u00a0ParaguayItaipu DamParan\u00e1 River1,350520[26]Laforge-1 Reservoir\u00a0CanadaLaforge-1 DamLaforge River1,288497[27]Nechako Reservoir\u00a0CanadaKenney DamNechako River1,200460[28]Stiegler’s Gorge Reservoir\u00a0TanzaniaStiegler’s Gorge DamRufiji River1,200460Ilha Solteira Reservoir\u00a0BrazilIlha Solteira DamParan\u00e1 River1,195461[29]Votkinsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaVotkinsk DamKama River1,120430Nizhnekamsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaNizhnekamsk DamKama River1,084419Three Gorges Reservoir\u00a0ChinaThree Gorges DamYangtze River1,084419[30]Novosibirsk Reservoir\u00a0RussiaNovosibirsk DamOb River1,072414[31]Jebel Aulia Reservoir\u00a0SudanJebel Aulia DamWhite Nile1,051406[32]Danjiangkou Reservoir\u00a0ChinaDanjiangkou DamHan River1,050410[33]Tr\u00eas Marias Reservoir\u00a0BrazilTr\u00eas Marias DamS\u00e3o Francisco River1,040400[34]Pipmuacan Reservoir\u00a0CanadaBersimis-1 DamBetsiamites River978378Fort Peck Lake\u00a0United StatesFort Peck DamMissouri River976377[23]Kyiv Reservoir\u00a0UkraineKyiv DamDnieper River922356Chardara Reservoir\u00a0KazakhstanChardara DamSyr Darya900350[35]El Choc\u00f3n Reservoir\u00a0ArgentinaEl Choc\u00f3n DamLimay River860330Truman Reservoir\u00a0United StatesHarry S. Truman DamOsage River848327[36]Luiz Gonzaga Reservoir\u00a0BrazilLuiz Gonzaga DamS\u00e3o Francisco River828320[37]Lake Atat\u00fcrk Dam\u00a0TurkeyAtat\u00fcrk DamEuphrates River817315Srisailam Reservoir\u00a0IndiaSrisailam DamKrishna River800310Itumbiara Reservoir\u00a0BrazilItumbiara DamParana\u00edba River778300[38]La Grande-4 Reservoir\u00a0CanadaLa Grande-4 DamLa Grande River765295[39]Toledo Bend Reservoir\u00a0United StatesToledo Bend DamSabine River736284[28]Hirakud Reservoir\u00a0IndiaHirakud DamMahanadi River743287[40]Emborca\u00e7\u00e3o Reservoir\u00a0BrazilEmborca\u00e7\u00e3o DamParana\u00edba River703271Lake Powell\u00a0United StatesGlen Canyon DamColorado River689266[41]Kaniv Reservoir\u00a0UkraineKaniv DamDnieper River675261Keban Reservoir\u00a0TurkeyKeban DamEuphrates675261S\u00e3o Sim\u00e3o Reservoir\u00a0BrazilS\u00e3o Sim\u00e3o DamParana\u00edba River674260Lake Mead\u00a0United StatesHoover DamColorado River659254[41]\u00c1gua Vermelha Reservoir\u00a0Brazil\u00c1gua Vermelha DamGrande River650250[42]Outardes-4 Reservoir\u00a0CanadaOutardes-4 DamOutardes River625241Lake Assad\u00a0SyriaTabqa DamEuphrates610240Mingachevir Reservoir\u00a0AzerbaijanMingachevir DamKura River605234Eastmain Reservoir\u00a0CanadaMultipleEastmain River603233[43]Kamianske Reservoir\u00a0UkraineKamianske DamDnieper River567219Kayrakkum Reservoir\u00a0TajikistanKayrakkum DamSyr Darya523202[44]Capivara Reservoir\u00a0BrazilCapivara DamParanapanema River515199[45]See also[edit]References[edit]^ Shalash, S. 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