HydroLAKES lake · #181597
Lac · #181597
Natural lakeUnited Republic of TanzaniaAfrica 21 m
Surface area
8,26km²
Avg depth
8,8m
Volume
72,47km³
Shoreline
32,3km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- RufijiPwani · Tanzania8.22 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Ruhoi River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 24 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
8,26km²
Avg depth
8,8m
Volume
72,470km³
Watershed
672km²
Shoreline
32,3km
Shore dev. idx
3,17
Residence time
310days
Elevation
21m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.