Largest lakes & reservoirs in South Australia, Australia 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 South Australia, Australia lakes.
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Below are lakes within Australia > South Australia, Australia > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in South Australia, Australia, only the 3 South Australia, Australia lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Eyre, Australia (Australia, South Australia, Australia) |
2,394,451 ac | Lake Eyre is the largest lake in Australia and the world’s saltiest lake. Located in South Australia, Lake Eyre draws tourists due to its unusual patt… |
| Lake Alexandrina & Lake Albert (Australia, South Australia, Australia) |
160,372 ac | Also known as Lower Murray Lakes Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert are important lakes south of Adelaide in South Australia. Often called the lower lakes of the Murray River, the two f… |