Largest lakes & reservoirs in Metropolitan Region, AL by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 16 articles we have published for Metropolitan Region, AL lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Alabama > Metropolitan Region, AL > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Metropolitan Region, AL, only the 16 Metropolitan Region, AL lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Mitchell Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
5,850 ac | Also known as Lake Mitchell Centrally-located Mitchell Lake (also known as Lake Mitchell) is 45 miles from Montgomery and 55 miles from Birmingham in the Metropolitan region of A … |
Holt Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
3,296 ac | Also known as Holt Reservoir Holt Lake is a 3,300-acre reservoir located about five miles northeast of the City of Tuscaloosa in west-central Alabama. Holt Lake is one of six lake … |
Oliver Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
790 ac | Also known as William Bacon Oliver Lake Oliver Lake is the smallest of six lakes formed by a series of locks and dams on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa in west central (Metropolitan … |
Harris Lake and Lake Nicol (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
220 ac | Also known as Lake Harris When the City of Tuscaloosa created Harris Lake and Lake Nicol for water supply, little did city officials realize that these two reservoirs would bec … |