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11 Largest Manmade Lakes in the World

Published on October 16, 2015 at 7:54 pm by Aleksandar Jevtic in Lists

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2. Lake Kariba

Volume: 180 km³ (1^st)

Surface Area: 5,580 km2 – 2,150 sq mi (4^th)

Lake Kariba is the largest manmade lake in the world by volume. It can hold up to 180 cubic kilometers of water. Located on the Zambezi River, in both Zimbabwe and Zambia, it was created by flooding the Kariba Gorge by the construction of Kariba Dam in the 1950s.

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