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
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…