Deepest lakes & reservoirs in 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 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Drawskie Lake District (Northern Poland, Poland, West Pomerania Region, Northern Poland) |
278 ft | Also known as Drawsko Lake District, Drawskie Lakeland In northern Poland, over 250 lakes are showcased in the Drawskie Lake District’s environmentally diverse landscape. Mountains tower in their alpine be… |
| Llyn Brianne Reservoir (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
278 ft | Also known as Llyn Brianne, Lake Brianne The Llyn Brianne Reservoir is a beautiful 530-acre (2.1 square kilometer) body of water nestled in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid-Wales. Created in 197… |
| Canandaigua Lake, NY (Finger Lakes Region, NY, New York, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
276 ft | Canandaigua Lake, located in Ontario County’s “Lake Country,” is the fourth largest Finger Lake, stretching out over 15.5 miles in length and 1.5 mile… |
| Nelson Lakes (Nelson Region, South Island, NZ, New Zealand, South Island, NZ) |
276 ft | Also known as Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoroa, Lake Angelus, Lake Constance, Blue Lake The Nelson Lakes in New Zealand’s Tasman District are some of the most famous yet most remote in the country. Nelson Lakes National Park, located at t… |
| Lake Rotoiti, New Zealand (Marlborough Region, South Island, NZ, New Zealand, South Island, NZ) |
276 ft | Lake Rotoiti, in the Tasman Region of New Zealand is a favorite spot for vacations and holidays. Located within the Nelson Lakes National Park, the de… |
| Lake Berryessa, CA (California, Central Valley Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
275 ft | Lake Berryessa, nestled into the heart of California’s wine country, is the largest lake in Napa County. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built the Mont… |
| Lake Rotoma, New Zealand (New Zealand, North Island, NZ, Rotorua Region, North Island, NZ) |
272 ft | Lake Rotoma is a remarkable lake. The lake is the easternmost in a chain of three lakes northeast of Lake Rotorua. Here in the Rotorua Region of the B… |
| Lake Victoria, African Great Lakes (African Great Lakes, Central Uganda, Kagera Region, Tanzania, Kenya, Mara Region, Tanzania, Mwanza Region, Tanzania, Nyanza Region, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Region, Kenya) |
272 ft | Also known as Victoria Nyanza, Victoria Ukerewe, Victoria Nalubaale Lake Victoria — also known as Victoria Nyanza, Ukerewe, and Nalubaale — rakes in the superlatives: it is the largest lake on the African continent b… |
| McPhee Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Southwest Colorado, US West Region, USA) |
270 ft | In 1776 Spanish priests traveling through the Dolores Valley imagined a project that would bring water to the thirsty crops of the Montezuma Valley. B… |
| San Luis Reservoir, CA (California, Central Valley Region, CA, US West Region, USA) |
270 ft | A sparkling sapphire gem carved into the eastern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, the San Luis Reservoir enjoys a scenic location in Merced County. Thi… |
| Ammersee (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
266 ft | Also known as Ammer Lake Tucked away in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps in the land of beer, gardens, and fairytale castles, Ammersee (see =lake) shines like a jewel. Cover… |
| Crescent Lake, OR (Central Oregon, Oregon, US West Region, USA) |
265 ft | Crescent Lake, aptly named for its shape, lies on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, in the northwest corner of Klamath County, Oregon. With… |