Largest reservoir - surface area
- Who
- Unknown
- What
- 8482000000 hectare(s)
- When
- 1969
The world's largest artificial lake measured by surface area is Lake Volta, Ghana, formed by the Akosombo dam, completed in 1965. By 1969 the lake had filled to an area of 8,482km² (3,275miles²), with a shoreline 7,250km (4,500 miles) in length.
The completion in 1954 of the Owen Falls Dam near Jinja, Uganda, across the northern exit of the White Nile from the Victoria Nyanza, marginally raised the level of that natural lake by adding 204.8 km³ (49.1 miles³). and technically turned it into a reservoir with a surface area of 69,484km² (26,828 miles²) and a capacity of 2.7x1012m³ (3.5 x 1012yd³).
The completion in 1954 of the Owen Falls Dam near Jinja, Uganda, across the northern exit of the White Nile from the Victoria Nyanza, marginally raised the level of that natural lake by adding 204.8 km³ (49.1 miles³). and technically turned it into a reservoir with a surface area of 69,484km² (26,828 miles²) and a capacity of 2.7x1012m³ (3.5 x 1012yd³).