HydroLAKES lake · #16099
Lac Kitanga
Natural lakeDemocratic Republic of the CongoAfrica 561 m
Surface area
10,09km²
Avg depth
1m
Volume
10,09km³
Shoreline
17,3km
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BukamaHaut-Lomami · Democratic Republic of the Congo9.77 km²97.2% of lake
- Malemba-NkuluHaut-Lomami · Democratic Republic of the Congo0.28 km²2.8% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.05 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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
10,09km²
Avg depth
1,0m
Volume
10,090km³
Watershed
55km²
Shoreline
17,3km
Shore dev. idx
1,53
Residence time
364days
Elevation
561m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.