Largest lakes & reservoirs in Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 2 articles we have published for Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > South Dakota > Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD, only the 2 Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
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Angostura Reservoir, SD (Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD, South Dakota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
4,706 ac | Also known as Angostura Recreation Area, Lake Angostura, Angostura Lake At the fringes of the unique Black Hills, or Paha Sapa in the Lakota language, is the Angostura Reservoir. Part of the Black Hills and Badlands wester… |
Lakes of Custer State Park (Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Region, SD, South Dakota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
120 ac | Also known as Stockade Lake, Bismarck Lake, Legion Lake, Sylvan Lake, Center Lake Recreational travelers in South Dakota’s Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Region will find the vacationland of their dreams among the five lakes dotted… |