Deepest lakes & reservoirs in by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 2151 articles we have published for lakes.
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Below are lakes within Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in , only the 2151 lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Mousam Lake, ME (Maine, Southern Coast Region, ME, US New England Region, USA) |
82 ft | Also known as Upper Mousam Lake, Lower Mousam Lake, and Lake Mousam The loons are calling you to the restful waters of Mousam Lake, a picture-perfect retreat nestled among southern Maine’s piney woods. Just 85 miles fr … |
| Bafa Lake (Turkey) |
82 ft | Also known as Lake Bafa, Bafa Golu Bafa Lake has been eyewitness to history since before mankind began recording it. This lake in western Turkey was once a bay of the Gulf of Miletus on … |
| Dewart Lake (Indiana, North Indiana, US Midwest Region, USA) |
82 ft | Dewart Lake is a natural lake in northern Indiana’s Kosciusko County that was created during the last ice age. This body of water spans 551 acres with … |
| Mixal Lake, BC (British Columbia, Canada, Canada) |
82 ft | The crystal-clear water of Mixal Lake provides a tranquil and beautiful vacation setting. This natural freshwater lake is fairly undeveloped with a fe … |
| Laguna Bacalar, Mexico (Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula Region, Mexico) |
82 ft | Laguna Bacalar boasts bright tropical birds that chatter overhead in coconut palms draped in orchids so exotic that they are reserved for special occa … |
| Lake Mendota, WI (Southern Savanna Region, WI, US Midwest Region, USA, Wisconsin) |
82 ft | Also known as Yahara Chain of Lakes Sometimes called the “City of 4 Lakes,” Madison in Dane County is the capital of Wisconsin and its second largest city. Its “Lake, City, Lake” tradema … |
| Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV (Mountain Lakes Region, WV, US South Region, USA, West Virginia) |
82 ft | Stonewall Jackson Lake, a young West Virginia lake that only finished completion in 1990, was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide flo … |
| Poyang Lake (China, East China Region) |
82 ft | Also known as Boyang, Po Yang Hu, Poyanghu Poyang Lake is China’s largest freshwater lake-also known as one of China’s five Great Lakes. This massive shallow lake is located in Jiangxi Province … |
| Woman Lake Chain (Minnesota, Northwest Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
81 ft | Also known as Child Lake, Girl Lake, Little Woman Lake, Woman Lake, Squaw Lake The Woman Lake Chain in northwest Minnesota includes four lakes and covers 5,502 acres. Sprawling across Cass County slightly south of the Chippewa Na … |
| Wygonin Lake (Northern Poland, Poland, Pomerania Region, Northern Poland) |
81 ft | Also known as Jezioro Wygonin Wygonin Lake is set in the quiet, unpopulated portion of northern Poland’s Pomerania region, where visitors come for a soothing retreat. It is easy to … |
| Big Birch Lake, MN (Central Minnesota, Minnesota, US Midwest Region, USA) |
81 ft | Big Birch Lake lies at the heart of Minnesota. With sparkling water spread across Todd and Stearns County lines, Big Birch Lake is at the geographic c … |
| Highland Lakes (New Jersey, Skylands Region, NJ, US Mid-Atlantic Region, USA) |
80 ft | Also known as Lake Wawayanda, Lake Glenwood, Lake Pochung, Lake Wallkill, Pleasant Valley Lake, Tall Timbers Lake, Lake Panorama, Louemma Lake, Scenic Lakes, Highland Lake, East Highland Lake, Upper Highland Lake, Upper West Highland Lake, Lake Wanda The Highland Lakes in New Jersey’s Skylands region have always been special. The Highland Lakes area includes the Vernon Valley, known as some of New … |