HydroLAKES lake · #15990
Lake Lwelo
Natural lakeUnited Republic of TanzaniaAfrica 1285 m
Surface area
17,28km²
Avg depth
12m
Volume
207,13km³
Shoreline
39,4km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KaragweKagera · Tanzania17.21 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Burigi-Chato National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
17.21 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Lake statistics (HydroLAKES)
Surface
17,28km²
Avg depth
12,0m
Volume
207,130km³
Watershed
125km²
Shoreline
39,4km
Shore dev. idx
2,67
Residence time
5 134days
Elevation
1 285m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.