Figure 1: Global distribution of water volume stored in lakes and reservoirs with a surface area of at least 10 ha.
From: Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach
Total volume is 187.9 × 103 km3. Data for large lakes are empirical, while volumes of medium and small lakes are modelled. Data for large and medium human-made reservoirs are from the Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) database28. Distinction between fresh and saline water is only available in the empirical data for large lakes.
