Largest lakes & reservoirs in Central Minnesota 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 44 articles we have published for Central Minnesota lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Minnesota > Central Minnesota > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Central Minnesota, only the 44 Central Minnesota lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Water vol. in ac-ft | Lake description |
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South Long Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
43,096 ac-ft | (Also known as Upper South Long Lake, Lower South Long Lake, Brainerd Lakes) South Long Lake near Brainerd, Minnesota in Crow Wing County offers 2,115 acres of scenic beauty with a shoreline surrounded by rolling hills covered … |
Lake Mary, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
32,009 ac-ft | Covering 2,371 acres, Lake Mary is one of the larger lakes in the Alexandria Lakes Area in Douglas County, Minnesota. Although certain areas of the la … |
Rush Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30,836 ac-ft | Rush Lake is a 5,338-acre natural lake located in central Otter Tail County in the Central Region of Minnesota. Rush Lake is part of the Otter Tail Ri … |
Horseshoe Chain of Lakes (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
30,735 ac-ft | (Also known as Horseshoe Chain, Sauk River Chain of Lakes) The Horseshoe Chain of Lakes in Central Minnesota has been a well-loved vacation destination for many years. The chain of over a dozen lakes along the … |
Norway Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
24,960 ac-ft | Norway Lake is nestled in Kandiyohi County on the southern border of Minnesota’s Central tourism region. It is part of the Wilmar Lakes Area which inc … |
Smith Lake (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
7,928 ac-ft | Nestled quietly between Lake Osakis and the City of Alexandria, Smith Lake in Minnesota’s Central Region faces little tourist pressure. Not well known … |
Lewis Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
2,899 ac-ft | Deep within eastern Minnesota’s wilderness sits an enticing body of water known as Lewis Lake. This body of water was naturally formed from the most r … |