Largest lakes & reservoirs in Metropolitan Region, AL 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 16 articles we have published for Metropolitan Region, AL lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Alabama > Metropolitan Region, AL > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Metropolitan Region, AL, only the 16 Metropolitan Region, AL lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Martin, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
1,626,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Martin Lake) Lake Martin, located in Central Alabama near Alexander City, stretches out over 44,000 acres with an incredible 750 miles of shoreline. Nestled within… |
| West Point Lake, AL/GA (Alabama, Georgia, Metropolitan Region, AL, Presidential Pathways Region, GA, US South Region, USA) |
604,527 ac-ft | West Point Lake, located on the Alabama-Georgia border just north of I-85, stretches 35 miles along the Chattahoochee River. The 25,900-acre reservoir… |
| Lake Wedowee, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
426,000 ac-ft | (Also known as R. L. Harris Reservoir, Harris Lake) Lake Wedowee, also known as the R. L. Harris Reservoir, is tucked in the foothills of the Talladega and Appalachian Mountains. The lake is an impoundm… |
| Logan Martin Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
273,387 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Logan Martin) Logan Martin Lake, located about 30 miles east of Birmingham in east central Alabama, is a 15,263-acre reservoir popular for boating, fishing, and oth… |
| Bankhead Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
269,215 ac-ft | Much more like the river it began as than the lake it is now, Bankhead Lake winds it way through the Metropolitan region of Alabama. With twists and t… |
| Lay Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
262,774 ac-ft | Lay Lake is an impressive 12,000-acre reservoir stretching for 48 miles through the counties of Talladega, Shelby, Coosa, and Chilton in east-central… |
| Lake Jordan, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
236,200 ac-ft | (Also known as Jordan Lake, Jordan Reservoir) Fun is the name of the game at central Alabama’s Lake Jordan. Offering 6,800 acres of water and 188 miles of shoreline, Lake Jordan has become home to… |
| Warrior Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
197,340 ac-ft | (Also known as Warrior Reservoir) Warrior Lake is part of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Lake system located in the diverse Metropolitan Tourism Region of Alabama. Six miles southeast of… |
| Mitchell Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
172,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Mitchell) Centrally-located Mitchell Lake (also known as Lake Mitchell) is 45 miles from Montgomery and 55 miles from Birmingham in the Metropolitan region of A… |
| Lake Tuscaloosa, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
123,000 ac-ft | Located five miles north of the cities of Tuscaloosa and Northport in western Alabama (Metropolitan Region), Lake Tuscaloosa is a 5,885-acre reservoir… |
| Neely Henry Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
120,850 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Neely Henry) Neely Henry Lake, located about 60 miles northeast of Birmingham in north central Alabama, is an 11,200-acre reservoir popular for boating, fishing, a… |
| Holt Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
117,990 ac-ft | (Also known as Holt Reservoir) Holt Lake is a 3,300-acre reservoir located about five miles northeast of the City of Tuscaloosa in west-central Alabama. Holt Lake is one of six lake… |