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Bookmark or Share- Lake Kariba - WikipediaLake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- Lake Nasser - WikipediaLake Nasser (Arabic: بحيرة ناصر Boħeiret Nāṣer, Egyptian Arabic: [boˈħeiɾet ˈnɑːseɾ]) is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam and is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. [1]
- The Largest Human-Made Lakes In The World - WorldAtlasThe Akosombo dam is the largest human-made lake in the world by surface area which is approximately 3,283 square miles and accounts for 3.6% of the land area of the whole of Ghana. However, by volume size, it is the third largest after Bratsk reservoir in Russia.
- Akosombo Dam - WikipediaLake Volta is the largest man-made lake in the world by surface area. It covers 8,502 square kilometres (3,283 sq mi), which is 3.6% of Ghana's land area. With a volume of 148 cubic kilometers, Lake Volta is the world's third largest man-made lake by volume; the largest being Lake Kariba which contains 185 cubic kilometers of water.
- Lake Kariba - ZambiaLake Kariba is one of the World’s largest man-made lakes located in southern Zambia, two and half hours on a good tarred road from the capital city Lusaka, and within easy reach of the border crossing at Chirundu and Kariba into Zimbabwe.
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