Largest lakes & reservoirs in Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe lakes.
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Below are lakes within Zimbabwe > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Zimbabwe, only the 2 Zimbabwe lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Lake Kariba, Zambia / Zimbabwe (Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
1,378,850 ac | The mighty Zambezi River is the source of Lake Kariba, which spans an impressive 1.38 million acres in the southern African nations of Zimbabwe and Za… |
Lake Chivero (Zimbabwe) |
6,425 ac | Also known as Chivero Reservoir, Lake McIlwaine, McIlwaine Reservoir The Lake Chivero reservoir serves as the main water supply for Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare. Although only half a century old, Lake Chivero has alr… |