Largest lakes & reservoirs in Shenandoah Valley Region, VA 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 Shenandoah Valley Region, VA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Virginia > Shenandoah Valley Region, VA > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Shenandoah Valley Region, VA, only the 4 Shenandoah Valley Region, VA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Moomaw, VA (Shenandoah Valley Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
123,700 ac-ft | Lake Moomaw is located in western Virginia, just north of Covington in the Shenandoah Valley region. It is nearly surrounded by George Washington Nati… |
| Carvins Cove Reservoir, VA (Shenandoah Valley Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
19,948 ac-ft | (Also known as Carvin Cove Reservoir) Nestled among the Blue Ridge Mountains, Carvins Cove Reservoir is a precious natural treasure for the State of Virginia. The reservoir never ceases to… |
| Spring Hollow Reservoir (Shenandoah Valley Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
10,434 ac-ft | Spring Hollow Reservoir is a prime example of planned water supply storage in Virginia’s southern Shenandoah Valley region. The 158-acre reservoir was… |
| Douthat Lake (Shenandoah Valley Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
1,000 ac-ft | 50-acre Douthat Lake (that’s “DOW-thut”) is surrounded by the beautiful Allegheny Mountains in Virginia’s 4,545-acre Douthat State Park. It’s accessib… |