Deepest reservoirs in Asia

As of 2026-08-21, Balsamand Lake tops the list with 1,000 m.

1. #1 Balsamand Lake — 1,000 m

   lake in India

   Balsamand Lake is a lake situated 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Jodhpur on Jodhpur-Mandore Road. This lake is a popular picnic spot, by Balak Rao Pratihar in 1159 AD who belongs to the kshatriya community. It was designed as a water reservoir to provide water to Mandore. The lake has a length of one kilometre (0.62 mi), breadth of 50 metres (160 ft) and a depth of 15 metres (49 ft). Read more on Wikipedia.

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2. #2 Sihwa lake — 467 m

   lake made by the Sihwa tidal barrage

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3. #3 Toktogul Reservoir — 180 m source Wikidata
4. #4 Bratsk Reservoir — 150 m

   reservoir in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

   Bratsk Reservoir (Russian: Братское водохранилище, romanized: Bratskoye vodokhranilishche) is a reservoir on the Angara River, located in the Lena-Angara Plateau of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is named after the city of Bratsk, the largest city adjacent to the reservoir. It has a surface area of 5,470 km2 (2,110 sq mi) and a maximum volume of 169.27×1012 litres (3.723×1013 imp gal; 4.472×1013 US gal). Read more on Wikipedia.

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5. #5 Kolyma Reservoir — 120 m

   reservoir in Magadan Oblast, Russia

   KolymaReservoir is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Kolyma Hydroelectric Station on the Kolyma. It was designed by Lenhydroproject. Filling began in 1980 and it was commissioned in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia.

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6. #6 Three Gorges Reservoir Region — 113 m

   body of water

   Three Gorges Reservoir Region, including 25 county-level divisions of Chongqing municipality and Hubei province, is the region directly or indirectly involved in the submersion of the water storage of the reservoir region of the Three Gorges Dam. Read more on Wikipedia.

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7. #7 Krasnoyarsk Reservoir — 105 m

   reservoir in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Khakassia, Russia

   Krasnoyarsk Reservoir, known also as the Krasnoyarsk Sea, is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Krasnoyarsk Dam. It is one of the largest artificial reservoirs in the world. In Russia, it now ranks second. Read more on Wikipedia.

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8. #8 Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir — 91 m

   reservoir in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

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9. #9 Mingachevir reservoir — 75 m

   reservoir in Azerbaijan

   The Mingachevir Reservoir is a large reservoir on the Kura river in northwestern Azerbaijan. It supplies water to the Upper Karabakh and Upper Shirvan channels, and is used for electricity generation, irrigation water supply, and fishing. Read more on Wikipedia.

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10. #10 Kovdozero — 63 m

    lake turned reservoir in Murmansk Oblast, Russia

    Lake Kovdozero is a large freshwater lake in the southern Murmansk Oblast, northwestern part of Russia. There are many islands in the lake. The hydroelectric power plant was built in 1955, thus transforming the lake to the dam. The surface area of Kovdozero has risen from 224 to 294 km2 to 608 km2. Many rivers empty into Kovdozero and it flows to the White Sea through the river Kovda. There are also 580 islands located throughout Kovodozero, each varying in size and topography. The lake is... Read more on Wikipedia.

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