Largest lakes & reservoirs in Italy by water volume
This is a comparison for lakes within Italy > - Compared by Largest Lakes - Water Volume in acre-foot.For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Water Volume" is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 21 articles we have published for Italy lakes.
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.
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Lake name  |
Water vol. in ac-ft |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Garda ITA (Italy, Lombardy, Veneto) |
39,749,268 ac-ft | (Also known as Garda Lake, Lago di Garda) Lake Garda, or Lago di Garda in Italian, is the largest lake in Italy, sprawling over 90,000 acres with beautiful vistas. To the north, the lake is gr… |
| Lake Maggiore (Italy, Lombardy, Piedmont, Switzerland, Ticino) |
29,996,388 ac-ft | Lake Maggiore, also known as Verbano, is Italy’s second largest lake. Although not quite as popular as the well-known Lake Como, the beautifully roman… |
| Lake Como ITA (Italy, Lombardy) |
18,241,047 ac-ft | One of the most recognizable and visited European lakes, Lake Como — also known as the Lago di Como — snuggles into the mountains and valleys of the… |
| Lake Bolsena (Italy, Lazio) |
7,458,561 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago di Bolsena) Held in the volcanic crater like a jewel in its setting, 28,032-acre Lake Bolsena sparkles in central Italy. Over hundreds of thousands of years the c… |
| Lake Iseo (Italy, Lombardy) |
6,161,420 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago d'Iseo) A ferry glides across 15,271-acre Lake Iseo to arrive at the dock on Monte Isola. Passengers with packages and bicycles climb off the ferry; curiously… |
| Lake Lugano (Italy, Lombardy, Switzerland, Ticino) |
5,269,635 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago di Lugano, Ceresio) Lake Lugano, which curls through southeastern Switzerland just south of the Swiss Alps and borders northern Italy, features the best of both of these… |
| Lake Orta (Italy, Piedmont) |
1,053,927 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago d'Orta) Described by 19th century French novelist Honere Balzac as a “grey pearl in a green jewel box,” Lake Orta in the Piedmont region of Italy has been the… |
| Montedoglio Lake (Italy, Tuscany) |
115,527 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago di Montedoglio, Lake Montedoglio) Lake Montedoglio is nestled in the Province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. Although Lake Montedoglio was created for irrigation and as a water source for… |
| Lake Idro (Italy, Lombardy) |
27,159 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago d'Idro, Eridio) Set against the backdrop of medieval villages, sailboats glide across the surface of 2,768-acre Lake Idro. No engines over 10HP are allowed on the bea… |
| Sabaudia Lake (Italy, Lazio) |
11,350 ac-ft | (Also known as Paola Lake, Lago di Sabaudia) Italy’s Sabaudia Lake has plenty of friendly neighbors, from a city to the north, a national park to the south and the cool, coastal breeze from the s… |
| Lake Massaciuccoli (Italy, Tuscany) |
8,918 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago di Massaciuccoli, Lake Puccini) A lone kayaker glides across the water of 1,680-acre Lake Massaciuccoli, his boat cutting through the white water lilies that grow thick around the sh… |
| San Ruffino Lake (Italy, Marche) |
2,027 ac-ft | (Also known as Lago di San Ruffino) Every year San Ruffino Lake disappears, shrinking back to the river it originally was. Wildlife returns to explore the river’s shore and forage in the… |
