3. Boguchany Reservoir – Russia
According to its Wikipedia page, the surface area of this reservoir is 2,326 km2.
Built on the Angara River, in the Irkutsk region. It is what is considered a recent project, completed only in 2008 even though the work had started in 1980. Because of a lack of funding, the project had to stop during 1994 and 2005. This project has elicited numerous conflicts and environmental concerns, which to this day, have not been settled.
2. Rybinsk Reservoir – Russia
According to the Britannica Encyclopedia, the Rybinsk Reservoir that ranks second in our list of largest artificial lakes in Asia has a surface area of 4,580 km2.
The whole project began in 1935, and the lake itself was completed in 1947. At the time of its construction, the Russian took pride in the fact that it was the “largest man-made body of water on Earth”. As for the Qiandao Lake, there are ruins underneath the clean water of this massive lake, built on the upper Volga River, in the Yaroslavl region, northwest of Moscow. The town of Mologa was in the way and its inhabitants forcibly relocated at the time to make way for this impressive project.
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