Largest lakes & reservoirs in Vaud Region, Switzerland 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 Vaud Region, Switzerland lakes.
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Below are lakes within Switzerland > Vaud Region, Switzerland > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Vaud Region, Switzerland, only the 3 Vaud Region, Switzerland lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
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) |
144,000 ac | 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 Neuchatel (Bern Region, Switzerland, Fribourg Region, Switzerland, Neuchatel Region, Switzerland, Switzerland, Vaud Region, Switzerland) |
53,943 ac | Also known as Lac de Neuchatel Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within the borders of Switzerland, spanning almost 54,000 acres and reaching into four Swiss cantons (stat… |
| Lac de Joux (Switzerland, Vaud Region, Switzerland) |
2,348 ac | Switzerland’s Lac de Joux is located high up in the Jura Mountains in the Canton of Vaud. Located at an altitude of nearly 3300 feet, Lac du Joux is i… |