Largest lakes & reservoirs in Bavaria Region, Germany by water volume
The estimated volume of water that a lake contains is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. By this measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Siberia’s Lake Baikal.Water Volume can be measured in acre-feet, in cubic miles, or in cubic kilometers. One acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover one acre (43,560 square feet) to a depth of one foot. One cubic mile equals 3,379,200 acre-feet. One cubic kilometer equals 810,713 acre-feet. 1 acre-foot is equal to 325,851 US gallons. Siberia’s Lake Baikal contains about 6,276,367,740,000,000 gallons of freshwater – nearly 1 million gallons for every living person on earth.
The other – and more widely used – measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s surface acreage. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is North America’s Lake Superior.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
You can find many of the the world’s largest lakes (by water volume) on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, the water volume data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 10 articles we have published for Bavaria Region, Germany lakes.
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Below are lakes within Germany > Bavaria Region, Germany > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Bavaria Region, Germany, only the 10 Bavaria Region, Germany lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Starnberg (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
2,431,248 ac-ft | (Also known as Wurmsee, Starnberger See) Lake Starnberg, located in the Five-Lakes Region of Bavaria, plays a major role in the recreational plans of Munich residents. Located only 12 miles f… |
| Lake Chiemsee (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
1,660,341 ac-ft | Lake Chiemsee is the crown jewel of Bavaria’s tourist region. Located about half-way between Munich and Salzburg, Austria, Lake Chiemsee has been a fa… |
| Ammersee (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
1,438,205 ac-ft | (Also known as Ammer Lake) Tucked away in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps in the land of beer, gardens, and fairytale castles, Ammersee (see =lake) shines like a jewel. Cover… |
| Konigssee (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
414,911 ac-ft | (Also known as Konigssee Lake) For an authentic Bavarian Alps holiday, nothing quite compares to the Konigssee. Stretched below the east face of the famed Watzmann mountain range, n… |
| Worthsee (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
51,583 ac-ft | (Also known as Worth Lake) “Gemuetlichkeit” is German for a certain kind of “Bavarian coziness,” and it is an appropriate way to describe Worthsee (see=lake) or Worth Lake. Nest… |
| Roth Lake (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
9,323 ac-ft | (Also known as Rothsee) Children play at the beach on the shores of Roth Lake, while harried parents let the sun melt their cares away. In the background sailboats glide acro… |
| Altmuhl Lake (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
7,375 ac-ft | (Also known as Altmuhlsee) Sprawling across the heart of Bavaria in a land more comfortable measuring time in millennia than years, Altmuhl Lake (Altmuhlsee in German) is a rece… |
| Brombachsee (Bavaria Region, Germany, Germany) |
2,838 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Brombach, Brombach Lake, Brombachsee Lake, Brombachvorsperre) As the largest lake in the man-made Franconian Lake District, Brombachsee–also known as Lake Brombach or Brombachvorsperre–is an impressive and popu… |