Quabbin Reservoir | |
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Location | Massachusetts, US |
Coordinates | 42°21′33″N72°18′00″W / 42.35917°N 72.30000°WCoordinates: 42°21′33″N72°18′00″W / 42.35917°N 72.30000°W |
Lake type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | New Hampshire, US |
Primary outflows | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 18 miles (28.9 km) |
Surface area | 38.6 mi2 (99.97 km2) |
Average depth | 51 ft (16 m) |
Max. depth | 150 ft (46 m) |
Water volume | 412,000,000,000 US gal (1.56 km3) |
Shore length1 | 181 mi (291 km) |
Surface elevation | 522 ft (159 m) |
Settlements | Belchertown, Petersham, Hardwick, Ware, New Salem, Shutesbury |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Location | Carbon Dioxide | Methane |
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Lakes | 700 | 9 |
Temperate reservoirs | 1500 | 20 |
Tropical reservoirs | 3000 | 100 |
The world's ten largest reservoirs by surface area | |||||
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Rank | Name | Country | Surface area | Notes | |
km2 | sq mi | ||||
1 | Lake Volta | Ghana | 8,482 | 3,275 | [40] |
2 | Smallwood Reservoir | Canada | 6,527 | 2,520 | [41] |
3 | Kuybyshev Reservoir | Russia | 6,450 | 2,490 | [42] |
4 | Lake Kariba | Zimbabwe, Zambia | 5,580 | 2,150 | [43] |
5 | Bukhtarma Reservoir | Kazakhstan | 5,490 | 2,120 | |
6 | Bratsk Reservoir | Russia | 5,426 | 2,095 | [44] |
7 | Lake Nasser | Egypt, Sudan | 5,248 | 2,026 | [45] |
8 | Rybinsk Reservoir | Russia | 4,580 | 1,770 | |
9 | Caniapiscau Reservoir | Canada | 4,318 | 1,667 | [46] |
10 | Lake Guri | Venezuela | 4,250 | 1,640 |
The world's ten largest reservoirs by volume | |||||
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Rank | Name | Country | Volume | Notes | |
km3 | cu mi | ||||
1 | Lake Kariba | Zimbabwe, Zambia | 180 | 43 | |
2 | Bratsk Reservoir | Russia | 169 | 41 | |
3 | Lake Nasser | Egypt, Sudan | 157 | 38 | |
4 | Lake Volta | Ghana | 148 | 36 | |
5 | Manicouagan Reservoir | Canada | 142 | 34 | [47] |
6 | Lake Guri | Venezuela | 135 | 32 | |
7 | Williston Lake | Canada | 74 | 18 | [48] |
8 | Krasnoyarsk Reservoir | Russia | 73 | 18 | |
9 | Zeya Reservoir | Russia | 68 | 16 |
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