HydroLAKES lake · #180181
Lake Gambia
Natural lakeSierra LeoneAfrica 11 m
Surface area
1,53km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
3,96km³
Shoreline
18,1km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BontheSouthern · Sierra Leone1.52 km²100.0% of lake
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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
1,53km²
Avg depth
2,6m
Volume
3,960km³
Watershed
39km²
Shoreline
18,1km
Shore dev. idx
4,14
Residence time
20days
Elevation
11m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.