2,900 cubic miles
It contains a volume of 1,180 cubic miles (4,918 km³) of water. That's of water!
Volume of Lake Superior is 2,900 cubic miles which converted to cubic feet (2900 x 5280^3) = 426,874,060,800,000 cubic feet
cubic feet, cubic meters, cubic yards, if a very large lake, cubic miles
1.180 cubic miles
there are a lot of cubic feet of water in moses lake!
Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume. It contains about 5521 cubic miles of water (23,000 cubic kilometers), or approximately 20% of Earth's fresh surface water. This is a volume of water approximately equivalent to all five of the North American Great Lakes combined.
Google states that the volume of Lake Michigan is about 1,180 cubic miles which equals 1,299,318,234,000,000 gallons [US, liquid]
There are a few different ways to define the world's largest lake. Are we interested in the lake with the largest surface area? Or, the lake with the greatest water volume? And, should we consider the salt water seas in our comparison?"Which lake is the World's largest?" is not a simple question to answer. So, we will explore all of these questions and you will then have all of the many possible answers.World's Largest Lake (by volume):The salty Caspian Sea is the world's largest land-locked body of water. It contains approximately 18,900 cubic miles of water (78,700 cubic kilometers).Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume. It contains about 5521 cubic miles of water (23,000 cubic kilometers), or approximately 20% of Earth's fresh surface water. This is a volume of water approximately equivalent to all five of the North American Great Lakes combined.World's Largest Lake (by surface area):The salty Caspian Sea has the greatest surface area of any lake at 143,200 square miles (370,886 square kilometers). Lake Superior, on the United States/Canada border is the freshwater lake with the greatest surface area at 31,700 square miles (82,103 square kilometers).Largest Lake in the United States:The largest lake in the United States is Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes, located on the United States / Canada border. It is largest in both surface area 31,700 square miles (82,103 square kilometers) and in volume of water 2904 cubic miles (12,100 cubic kilometers).For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Geology.com) indicated below.
The Great Lakes have the "largest surface area of fresh water" in the world. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that the combination of Lake Michigan-Huron (technically considered to be one lake by many geologist) has a surface area of aproximatly 45,300 square miles (22,300 square mi for Lake Michigan and 23,000 square mi for Lake Huron). However, if you are asking about the "largest body of fresh water" (by volume) in the world, that would be Lake Baikal located in Russia. Lake Baikal has more water because of it's depth (over 5000 ft at it's deepest) and thus makes it technically the "largest body of fresh water" in the world. Here is a breakdown of the water volumes and surface areas for the Great Lakes (from NOAA) and Lake Baikal for comparison. Note that if you combine all the Great Lakes together, Lake Baikal still has more water by volume. Lake Superior - volume: 2,935 cubic mi - surface area: 31,700 square miles Lake Michigan - volume: 1,180 cubic mi - surface area: 22,300 square mi Lake Huron - volume: 849 cubic mi - surface area: 23,000 square mi Lake Erie - volume: 116 cubic mi - surface area: 9,910 square mi Lake Ontario - volume: 393 cubic mi - surface area: 7,340 square mi Total volume for all great lakes combined = 5,473 cubic miles Total surface area for all great lakes combined = 94,250 square miles Lake Baikal - volume: 5,521 cubic mi - surface area: 12,200 square miles
To state the volume of a lake, you can use cubic feet or cubic meters. These are good measurements for the smaller bodies of water. You can also use acre-feet, especially for larger bodies of water.
Volume is the metric unit used to measure water in a lake. The common metric units for measuring volume include liters (L) and cubic meters (m^3). These units are used to quantify the amount of water present in a given space, such as a lake, by measuring the three-dimensional space it occupies.