Largest lakes & reservoirs in Indonesia 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 8 articles we have published for Indonesia lakes.
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Below are lakes within Indonesia > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Indonesia, only the 8 Indonesia lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Water vol. in ac-ft | Lake description |
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Lake Matano (Indonesia) |
79,449,893 ac-ft | (Also known as Lake Matana, Danan Matano) One of the world’s ten deepest lakes,* Lake Matano on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia is also one of the most unique. The picturesque, spring-fed la … |
Lake Singkarak (Indonesia) |
13,052,482 ac-ft | One of West Sumatra’s prettiest lakes is Lake Singkarak. Located at an elevation of nearly 1200 feet in the highlands east of Padang, Lake Singkarak’s … |
Lake Maninjau (Indonesia) |
8,431,417 ac-ft | A desire to take the road less traveled takes many West Sumatra tourists to Lake Maninjau. The 22-mile route from Bukittinggi-the nearest town-is a si … |
Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan-Bali’s Twin Lakes (Indonesia) |
21,889 ac-ft | (Also known as Danau Buyan, Danau Tamblingan) Travelers wanting to experience the wild rainforests of Bali’s central highlands will make the trek to Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan. The two crater … |
Lake Bratan (Indonesia) |
161 ac-ft | (Also known as Bratan Lake , Beratan Lake, Danau Beratan) Lake Bratan’s water temple, the Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, is one of the most-photographed cultural features on the Island of Bali. The Hindu temple, buil … |