Largest lakes & reservoirs in North-Central, NM 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 3 articles we have published for North-Central, NM lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Southwest Region > New Mexico > North-Central, NM > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in North-Central, NM, only the 3 North-Central, NM lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Abiquiu Lake, NM (New Mexico, North-Central, NM, US Southwest Region, USA) |
5,200 ac | Also known as Abiquiu Reservoir Abiquiu Lake, located in Rio Arriba County in North-Central New Mexico, offers recreation areas for swimming, camping, fishing, boating, canoeing, kay… |
| El Vado Lake, NM (New Mexico, North-Central, NM, US Southwest Region, USA) |
3,200 ac | Also known as El Vado Reservoir El Vado Lake, situated in New Mexico’s northern mountains, is located west of Tierra Amarilla in Rio Arriba Counnty. Surrounded by acres of mixed juni… |
| Cochiti Lake, NM (New Mexico, North-Central, NM, US Southwest Region, USA) |
1,200 ac | Stretching 7 miles long on the Rio Grande River, Cochiti Lake is located in Sandoval County, New Mexico, about 20 miles west of Santa Fe and 60 miles… |