Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Southern France Region 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 9 articles we have published for Southern France Region lakes.
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Below are lakes within France > Southern France Region > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Southern France Region, only the 9 Southern France Region lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Geneva, France & Switzerland (France, Geneva Region, Switzerland, Rhone-Alps Region, Southern France, Southern France Region, Switzerland, Valais Region, Switzerland, Vaud Region, Switzerland) |
1,017 ft | Also known as Lac Leman Shaped like a crescent moon, Lake Geneva is cradled in the Alps Mountain Range with two-thirds of its 104 shoreline miles in Switzerland and the other… |
| Lake Bourget (France, Rhone-Alps Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
476 ft | Also known as Lac du Bourget The jewel of the Rhone-Alps Region, Lake Bourget is France’s largest natural lake by volume and spans almost 11,000 acres. The attributes of Lake Bour… |
| Lac de Sainte Croix (France, Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azur Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
305 ft | Also known as Lac de Ste Croix, Saint Croix Lake With its seemingly endless expanse of spectacular turquoise waters and pristine white sand beaches, Lac de Sainte Croix is one of the most beautiful l… |
| Lac de Serre-Poncon (France, Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azur Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
295 ft | Lac de Serre-Poncon in the Provence Region of France proves that mankind can create a treasure of nature while solving a problem. Building a dam acros… |
| Lake Aiguebelette (France, Rhone-Alps Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
233 ft | Also known as Lac d'Aiguebelette Nestled in the heart of the Rhone-Alps region of France, Lake Aiguebelette has a well-deserved reputation as a natural treasure. The lake is privately… |
| Lake Annecy, France (France, Rhone-Alps Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
212 ft | Also known as Lac d'Annecy Paragliders sail like bright balloons over the clean mountain water of Lake Annecy, while hikers standing on the massive rock of Roc de Che`re look on… |
| Lac d’Allos (France, Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azur Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
157 ft | Also known as Lac Allos, Allos Lake Lac d’Allos, also known as Allos Lake, is situated in the middle of the Reserve de Chasse du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park) in the Provence-Alp… |
| Lac de Laouzas, France (France, Languedoc-Roussillon Region, Southern France, Southern France Region) |
131 ft | Also known as Lake of Laouzas Located in the Tarn in Southern France, the 828-acre Lake of Laouzas is surrounded by forests, mountains, and rivers in the heart of the Regional Natu… |