List of lakes in Tanzania

Lake Victoria Lake Tanganyika Lake Malawi Rukwasee Eyasisee Natron Lake Sulunga lake Lake Manyara Kitangiri Lake Mujunju Lake Burigisee Balangidasee Mansi lake Burungi Lake Lake Ikimba Jipe lake Mtera Kidatu Kihansi

Location of the sixteen largest lakes in Tanzania (blue) and the largest dams (red).

The list of lakes in Tanzania includes all lakes with a total size of over one hundred square kilometers with which Tanzania has a coastline, some selected smaller lakes, as well as the largest reservoirs.

General

Tanzania has many lakes, over six percent of the total area, that is more than 60,000 square kilometers, are bodies of water. The three great lakes are on the border of Tanzania and therefore also in other countries. Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi lie in the Great Rift Valley and are very deep. There are also shallow lakes such as Lake Victoria, Rukwasee and Eyasisee. Rukwasee, Eyasisee and Natronsee are lakes without drainage, the size of which depends heavily on rainfall.

The reservoirs were built to supply households with water, to irrigate the fields, as flood protection and to generate electrical energy. Fish were also released in about half of the reservoirs. In 1966 490 reservoirs were described, at that time the Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir was the largest. With the opening of the Mtera dam in 1980, it became the largest reservoir in Tanzania.

List of natural lakes

Surname	size [km 2 ]	depth [m]	Altitude [m]	neighbor states	photo	annotation
Lake Victoria	69,484	82	1134	Tanzania Kenya Uganda		Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest lake on earth. It is also the main reservoir of the Nile.
Lake Tanganyika	32,900	1436	767	Tanzania DR Congo Burundi Zambia		Lake Tanganyika is the second largest lake in East Africa and, at 660 kilometers, the longest lake on earth. At 1436 meters deep, it is the second deepest lake on earth,
Lake Malawi	29,604	704	472	Tanzania Malawi Mozambique		Lake Malawi is the third largest lake in East Africa. It is also known for its diverse range of cichlids.
Rukwasee	2600	3	800	Tanzania		The Rukwasee is an outflow-free lake, the size of which varies greatly depending on the rainfall in the catchment area.
Eyasisee	1050	10	1040	Tanzania		The Eyasisee is an alkaline lake with no outflow, which is inhabited by many flamingos. The Hadzabe ethnic group, who are considered to be the last gatherers and hunters in Tanzania, lives on its banks.
Natron Lake	600	3	610	Tanzania Kenya		Lake Natron is an ideal breeding ground for flamingos because of its warm water. Because of the microorganisms living in it, it can be reddish in color.
Sulunga lake	360		850	Tanzania		Lake Sulunga is a salty lake that can dry out completely in dry seasons. It is also known as the Bahi Swamp.
Lake Manyara	320	4th	961	Tanzania		The lake is the center of the national park named after him, which is home to large herds of elephants and 400 species of birds.
Kitangiri Lake	105	5	800	Tanzania		The lake is located in a 1200 square kilometer swamp area and its size varies greatly. It reaches a maximum length of 40 and a width of 12 kilometers. The largest tributaries are Wembere and Manonga, the outflow is the Sibiti, which flows into Lake Eyasi.
Mujunju Lake	80	11	1280	Tanzania		The lake in the Kagera region is fifteen kilometers long and up to six kilometers wide and is also called Rwakajunju.
Burigisee	70	8th	1150	Tanzania		The lake is 18 kilometers long and four kilometers wide. The largest tributary river is the 108 kilometers long Ruiza.
Balangidasee	60		1800	Tanzania		This lake is 14 kilometers long and up to 3.5 kilometers wide and lies in a deep trough valley that rises steeply to 2000 meters in the north and south. In the south is directly adjacent to the mountain Hanang with 3814 meters.
Mansi lake	39			Tanzania		The lake is 14 kilometers long and four kilometers wide and lies south of Dar es Salaam. It is heavily overgrown with plants and feeds the Mbezi River.
Burungi Lake	38			Tanzania		The lake is 11 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide and is located southeast of Lake Manyara, surrounded by the Tarangire National Park . The largest tributary river is the Tarangire.
Lake Ikimba	35	4th	1150	Tanzania		The six-kilometer-long lake is located in northwestern Tanzania in the Kagera region.
Jipe lake	30th		600	Tanzania Kenya		The largest tributary river of the Jipe Lake is the Lumi, which rises on Kilimanjaro.
Bisongu Lake	22nd	9		Tanzania		The lake is 15 kilometers long and five kilometers wide and is located in the Kagera region in the Kimisi game reserve.
Babati Lake	21st	5	1345	Tanzania		This shallow lake is around 200 kilometers southwest of Arusha. Its size varies greatly.
Ambussel lake	19th			Tanzania		The lake is 6 kilometers long and 4.5 kilometers wide and is located around 100 kilometers south of Kilimanjaro.
Chala lake	4th	90	1000	Tanzania Kenya		Lake Chala is a crater lake on the southeast flank of Kilimanjaro and on the border with Kenya.
Ngozi Lake	3	75		Tanzania		This crater lake is located 38 kilometers south of Mbeya in the caldera of the extinct volcano Ngozi.

List of reservoirs

Surname	Dam length [m]	Dam height [m]	volume [Million m 3 ]	Construction year	energy [MW]	photo	annotation
Mtera	260	45	3200	1980	80		The Mtera Dam is the largest dam in Tanzania. It dams the Ruaha River. At the highest level, the reservoir has a size of 605 square kilometers.
Kidatu	350	175	125	1975	200		Kidatu is a dam on the Ruaha River. Phase I with a capacity of 100 MW was completed in 1975, and it was expanded to 200 MW in 1980.
Kihansi	200	25th	1	2000	180		Kihansi is a run-of-river power plant on the Kihansi River.
Pangani		10		1995	68		The dam dams the Pangani River and was commissioned in 1964 with 21 MW.
Nyumba ya Mungu	400	43	600	1966	8th		The dam was built mainly for flood protection and for irrigation of farmland.
Hale				1964	21st		The power plant uses a 70 meter high waterfall from the Pangani River.

Web links

• FAO, Tanzania
• Source book for the inland fishery resources of Africa
• A Directory of African Wetlands
• Irrigation Master Plan

Individual evidence

1. ^ FAO, Tanzania. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
2. ^ Status of fish stocks and fisheries of thirteen medium-sized African reservoirs. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Lake Victoria | Size, Map, Countries, & Facts. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Lake Tanganyika | lake, Africa. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (English). 
5. ^ Lake Tanganyika - New World Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 27, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Lake Nyasa | Geography, Ecology, & Facts. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (English). 
7. ↑ Lake Rukwa | lake, Tanzania. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (English). 
8. ↑ Lake Eyasi | lake, Tanzania. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (English). 
9. ↑ Lake Eyasi. In: Tanzania Adventure. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (American English). 
10. ↑ Lake Eyasi. In: African Special Tours. Retrieved on May 28, 2020 (German). 
11. ↑ Lake Natron | lake, Tanzania. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (English). 
12. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xa37-3. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 28, 2020 (Russian). 
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14. ↑ Joyce A. Quinn, Susan L. Woodward: Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features . ABC-CLIO, 2015, ISBN 978-1-61069-446-9 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
15. ^ The Project on the Revision of National Irrigation Master Plan. (PDF) United Republic of Tanzania, July 2018, p. B-3-1 , accessed on May 28, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xb36-4. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 28, 2020 (Russian). 
17. ↑ Lake Manyara | lake, Tanzania. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (English). 
18. ↑ Daniela Eiletz-chewing: Lake Manyara National Park. In: Safari Insider. Retrieved on May 28, 2020 (German). 
19. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xa36-4. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 28, 2020 (Russian). 
20. ↑ Lake Manyara Safaris. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (American English). 
21. ↑ J.-P. vanden Bossche, GM Bernacsek: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa . Food & Agriculture Org., 1990, ISBN 978-92-5102983-1 , pp. 226 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
22. ↑ J.-P. vanden Bossche, GM Bernacsek: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa . Food & Agriculture Org., 1990, ISBN 978-92-5102983-1 , pp. 229 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
23. ^ RH Hughes: A Directory of African Wetlands . IUCN, 1992, ISBN 978-2-88032-949-5 , pp. 256 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
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25. ^ RH Hughes: A Directory of African Wetlands . IUCN, 1992, ISBN 978-2-88032-949-5 , pp. 262 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
26. ↑ Lake Mansi. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (de-US). 
27. ↑ J.-P. vanden Bossche, GM Bernacsek: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa . Food & Agriculture Org., 1990, ISBN 978-92-5102983-1 , pp. 227 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
28. ↑ Lake Burungi. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (de-US). 
29. ↑ J.-P. vanden Bossche, GM Bernacsek: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa . Food & Agriculture Org., 1990, ISBN 978-92-5102983-1 , pp. 222 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
30. ↑ Lake Ikimba. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (de-US). 
31. ↑ J.-P. vanden Bossche, GM Bernacsek: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa . Food & Agriculture Org., 1990, ISBN 978-92-5102983-1 , pp. 223–224 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
32. ^ RH Hughes: A Directory of African Wetlands . IUCN, 1992, ISBN 978-2-88032-949-5 , pp. 263 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
33. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xa37-3. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 28, 2020 (Russian). 
34. ↑ Lake Bisongu. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (de-US). 
35. ↑ René P. Mbanguka, Steve W. Lyon, Karin Holmgren, Marc Girons Lopez and Jerker Jarsjö: Water Balance and Level Change of Lake Babati, Tanzania: Sensitivity to Hydroclimatic Forcings. (PDF) December 5, 2016, p. 3 , accessed on May 28, 2020 . 
36. ↑ ^{a b} J.-P. vanden Bossche, GM Bernacsek: Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa . Food & Agriculture Org., 1990, ISBN 978-92-5102983-1 ( google.at [accessed on May 28, 2020]).
37. ↑ Ambussel Lake. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (de-US). 
38. ↑ Lake Chala - a crater in the shadow of Kili. January 20, 2016, Retrieved May 28, 2020 (American English). 
39. ↑ Maps for the World, Map 500k - xa37-3. Russian Army Maps, accessed May 28, 2020 (Russian). 
40. ↑ Lake Ngosi, Tanzania Tourism. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
41. ↑ TANESCO - Mtera. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
42. ↑ TANESCO - Kidatu. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
43. ↑ TANESCO - Kihansi. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
44. ^ Lower Kihansi Hydropower Dam and Reservoir Project. Retrieved May 28, 2020 (UK English). 
45. ↑ TANESCO - Pangani Hydro System. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
46. ↑ TANESCO - Nyumba ya Mungu. Retrieved May 28, 2020 . 
47. ↑ TANESCO - Hale. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .