Largest lakes & reservoirs in Denver Area, CO 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 4 articles we have published for Denver Area, CO lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US West Region > Colorado > Denver Area, CO > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Denver Area, CO, only the 4 Denver Area, CO lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Denver Area, CO, US West Region, USA) |
31,650 ac-ft | If you’re looking for a peaceful, activity-oriented Colorado vacation in the Denver Region, you can’t go wrong with Aurora Reservoir. This 820-acre ci… |
| Chatfield Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Denver Area, CO, US West Region, USA) |
27,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Chatfield Lake) Standing in fields of prairie clover looking at blue herons on beautiful Chatfield Reservoir, it’s hard to imagine that this spot is just outside the… |
| Cherry Creek Reservoir, CO (Colorado, Denver Area, CO, US West Region, USA) |
13,960 ac-ft | (Also known as Cherry Creek Lake) Affectionately called “Denver’s Backyard,” Cherry Creek Lake and State Park provide recreation opportunities for families from all over. Located in Au… |