Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Northwest Region, ND 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 2 articles we have published for Northwest Region, ND lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > North Dakota > Northwest Region, ND > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Northwest Region, ND, only the 2 Northwest Region, ND lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Sakakawea, ND (North Dakota, Northwest Region, ND, US Midwest Region, USA) |
180 ft | The second-largest reservoir by surface acreage in the United States (and third-largest in volume), Lake Sakakawea stretches 178 miles from Garrison D… |
| Lake Darling, ND (North Dakota, Northwest Region, ND, US Midwest Region, USA) |
26 ft | Lake Darling is the focal point of the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge located in northwest North Dakota. The Refuge is beautifully situated alo… |