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Focus Friday – Largest reservoirs

A reservoir is an artificial lake used to store water. Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such a brickwork or cast concrete.

Largest reservoirs by area

Akosombo Dam & Lake Volta

Smallwood Reservoir
Kuybyshev Reservoir
Lake Kariba

Largest reservoirs by volume

Lake Kariba

Bratsk Reservoir
Lake Nasser
Akosombo Dam & Lake Volta