Largest lakes & reservoirs in Rajasthan Region, West India 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 7 articles we have published for Rajasthan Region, West India lakes.
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Below are lakes within India > West India > Rajasthan Region, West India > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Rajasthan Region, West India, only the 7 Rajasthan Region, West India lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Water vol. in ac-ft | Lake description |
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Udai Sagar (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
18,970 ac-ft | One of beautiful Udaipur’s famous man-made lakes, Udai Sagar is likely one of the least visited by tourists. Udaipur, in the Mewar region of the India… |
Lake Pichola (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
10,604 ac-ft | A watery surprise awaits visitors to Udaipur in India’s semi-arid Rajasthan region: beautiful Lake Pichola. The first of a series of man-made lakes, L… |
Fateh Sagar (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
1,703 ac-ft | A shining jewel in the crown of lakes surrounding the Rajasthan city of Udaipur is Fateh Sagar. This 988-acre artificial lake serves as a water supply… |
Pushkar Lake (India, Rajasthan Region, West India, West India) |
531 ac-ft | (Also known as Pushkar Sarovar) Pushkar Lake is one of the most sacred lakes in India. Located in the Rajasthan state of western India, Pushkar Lake has been declared a heritage monu… |