HydroLAKES lake · #181833
Lake Chaya
Natural lakeZambiaAfrica 1173 m
Surface area
8,32km²
Avg depth
1,6m
Volume
12,92km³
Shoreline
32,2km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KanchibiyaMuchinga · Zambia8.29 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Bangweulu
IUCN VIGame Management Area
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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
8,32km²
Avg depth
1,6m
Volume
12,920km³
Watershed
51 868km²
Shoreline
32,2km
Shore dev. idx
3,15
Residence time
0days
Elevation
1 173m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.