HydroLAKES lake · #182270
Lago de Cahora Bassa
Natural lakeMozambiqueAfrica 317 m
Surface area
4,83km²
Avg depth
7,1m
Volume
34,24km³
Shoreline
12,5km
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MagoeTete · Mozambique4.81 km²100.0% of lake
1 intersecting protected areas
Tchuma tchato
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
4.81 km² overlap
Computed live · HydroLAKES × GADM × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 18 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
4,83km²
Avg depth
7,1m
Volume
34,240km³
Watershed
873km²
Shoreline
12,5km
Shore dev. idx
1,60
Residence time
166days
Elevation
317m
HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · 1.4M lacs ≥ 0.1 km² mondialement.