Largest lakes & reservoirs in East Tennessee 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 16 articles we have published for East Tennessee lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Tennessee > East Tennessee > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in East Tennessee, only the 16 East Tennessee lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
1,460,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Cherokee Reservoir) Cherokee Lake: Artists stop at Clinch Mountain Overlook to paint it, and photographers to photograph it, and every year millions of people come from a … |
| Douglas Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
1,419,700 ac-ft | (Also known as Douglas Reservoir) Douglas Lake, also known as Douglas Reservoir, stretches out over more than 28,000 acres and 500 shoreline miles in eastern Tennessee. Douglas Lake is … |
| Lake Guntersville, AL (Alabama, East Tennessee, Mountains Region, AL, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
1,049,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Guntersville Lake, Guntersville Reservoir) Alabama’s Mountain Region contains the state’s largest lake: Lake Guntersville. Cradled in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama, it’s located … |
| Chickamauga Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
392,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Chickamauga Reservoir) Chickamauga Lake is a fabulous recreational reservoir. It is located in southeast Tennessee, 20 miles from Chattanooga, and includes 810 miles of shor … |
| Watauga Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
324,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Watauga) Watauga Lake exudes independence, solitude, and nature’s bounty. If these traditional American values appeal to you, then you need to visit pristine W … |
| Tellico Reservoir, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
304,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Tellico Lake) About 30 minutes south of Knoxville, nestled in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, Tellico Lake is the lake that almost wasn’t. Extending 33 miles al … |
| Fort Loudoun Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
282,000 ac-ft | (Also known as Fort Loudoun Reservoir) Named for a nearby 18th century British fort, Fort Loudoun Lake draws millions of visitors every year for fishing, boating, and wildlife viewing. Loca … |
| Nickajack Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
220,100 ac-ft | (Also known as Nickajack Reservoir) Set against the spectacular scenery and steep walls of the Tennessee River Gorge, Nickajack Lake is the perfect place to relax on the water, fish, or … |
| South Holston Lake, VA (Blue Ridge Highlands, VA, East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
189,100 ac-ft | (Also known as South Holston Reservoir) An impoundment of the South Fork Holston River, South Holston Lake is an exceptional place to fish and boat. Straddling the Virginia and Tennessee sta … |
| Boone Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
75,829 ac-ft | (Also known as Boone Reservoir) Boone Lake is one of a series of reservoirs lying among the hills in northeast Tennessee. Completed on March 16, 1953, Boone Lake was constructed, and … |
| Parksville Lake, TN (East Tennessee, Tennessee, US South Region, USA) |
52,270 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Ocoee, Ocoee Lake) Parksville Lake, also known as Ocoee Reservoir, is one of three reservoirs in Polk County near Cleveland,TN. Together the reservoirs run through some … |