Largest lakes & reservoirs in Saskatchewan, Canada 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 Saskatchewan, Canada lakes.
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Below are lakes within Canada > Saskatchewan, Canada > Compared by water volume. This list does not represent all lakes in Saskatchewan, Canada, only the 8 Saskatchewan, Canada lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Water vol. in ac-ft | Lake description |
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Lake Athabasca, AB (Alberta, Canada, Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
165,242,878 ac-ft | Lake Athabasca is a 1,939,776-acre lake with a maximum depth of 410 feet making it the largest and deepest lake in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. Appr … |
Reindeer Lake, MB (Canada, Manitoba, Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
77,219,200 ac-ft | Reindeer Lake is the one of the largest lakes in North America, covering about 1,500,000 acres and spanning the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba pr … |
Wollaston Lake, SK (Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
60,803,490 ac-ft | Wilderness adventures draw people to Wollaston Lake in northeastern Saskatchewan. Sparsely populated, Wollaston Lake is home to copious amounts of wil … |
Lake Diefenbaker (Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
7,620,704 ac-ft | (Also known as Diefenbaker Lake) Lake Diefenbaker, the largest reservoir in southern Saskatchewan, is developing a reputation as a favorite vacationland for visitors from all over Can … |
Qu’Appelle Lakes (Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
445,999 ac-ft | (Also known as Fishing Lakes, Calling Lakes) Qu’Appelle? Yes, the name of a group of four popular Southern Saskatchewan lakes is a French question. Qu’Appelle Lakes, also known as the Fishing Lak … |
Little Manitou Lake (Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada) |
38,964 ac-ft | One of the most striking wonders of the Saskatchewan prairie, Little Manitou has been amazing its human visitors since well before European settlers a … |