Largest lakes & reservoirs in Panhandle Plains Region, TX 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 5 articles we have published for Panhandle Plains Region, TX lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Southwest Region > Texas > Panhandle Plains Region, TX > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Panhandle Plains Region, TX, only the 5 Panhandle Plains Region, TX lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Meredith, TX (Panhandle Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
779,556 ac-ft | (Also known as Meredith Reservoir) Lake Meredith is an impressive 16,441-acre reservoir in the Texas Plains Region of the Texas Panhandle, about 30 miles northeast of Amarillo. Managed… |
| Lake Arrowhead, TX (Panhandle Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
228,000 ac-ft | Lake Arrowhead boasts nearly 15,000 acres and 106 miles of shoreline in the North Central Plains of Texas, just 14 miles southeast of Wichita Falls ne… |
| Lake Alan Henry, TX (Panhandle Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
115,937 ac-ft | (Also known as Alan Henry Reservoir) Lake Alan Henry, also known as Alan Henry Reservoir, is located in the Texas Panhandle Plains Region, about 45 miles south of Lubbock and four miles e… |
| Lake Nasworthy, TX (Hill Country Region, TX, Panhandle Plains Region, TX, Texas, US Southwest Region, USA) |
8,432 ac-ft | In the heart of Texas, Lake Nasworthy is a cool place in the heat of summer. This lake provides a welcome spot of relief, beckoning visitors to submer… |