Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Great Lakes Region, SD by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 3 articles we have published for Great Lakes Region, SD lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > South Dakota > Great Lakes Region, SD > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Great Lakes Region, SD, only the 3 Great Lakes Region, SD lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
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Lake description |
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Lake Oahe, ND/SD (Great Lakes Region, SD, North Dakota, South Central Region, ND, South Dakota, Southwest Region, ND, US Midwest Region, USA) |
205 ft | Lake Oahe, named after an Oahe Indian Mission, roughly translates “a foundation” or “a place to stand on.” Spanning 231 miles from Pierre, South Dakot… |
Lake Sharpe, SD (Great Lakes Region, SD, South Dakota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
95 ft | Lake Sharpe, located on South Dakota Highways 50 and 47 near Chamberlain, and Reliance, is one of the four reservoirs constructed along the Missouri R… |