Table of physical features of the lakes

Physical features of natural lakes

Label No Lake Nation(s) Latitude Longitude Altitude (m. amsl) Catchment area (km2) Area (km2) Shoreline length (km) Average depth (m) Maximum depth (m) Volume (km3) Length/Width(km)
1 1 Abaya Ethiopia 060 20’N 37^0 55’E 1268 17300 1162 7 13 8 60/20
2 2 Abe Djbouuti,Ethiopia 11 10’N 41 45’E 243 450 8.6 37 18/9
3 5 Aby-Lagoon Ivory coast 05 15’N 03 14’W 1 424 3.5 1.6 25/16
4 7 Albert DRC, Uganda 01 40’N 31 00’E 615 17,000 5,300 508 25 58 280 160/30
5 25 Bangweulu Zambia 11 05’S 29 45’E 1,140 15,000 3,500 4 5000 75/40
6 40 Chad Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria 13 20’N 14 00’E 286 2,335,000 1,350 650 1.5 11 6.3
7 46 Chilwa Malawi, Mozambique 15 12’S 35 50’E 627 600 2 5 60/40
8 64 Edward DRC, Uganda 00 21’S 29 35’E 920 12,100 2,325 290 17 112 40 77/40
9 75 Faguibine Mali 16 45’N 03 54’W 280 590 2 10 75/25
10 116 Kivu DRC, Rwanda 02 00’S 29 10’E 1,460 5,097 2,370 860 240 485 500 89/48
11 121 Kyoga Uganda 01 30’N 33 00’E 1,034 60 000 2 600 4 9 8 90/25
12 130 Mai-Ndombe DRC 02 00’S 18 20’E 320 2,305 5 10 130/40
13 135 Manzala Egypt 31 15’N 32 00’E 1 1360 1 47/30
14 146 Mweru DRC, Zambia 09 00’S 28 45’E 922 5,120 2 5 32 131/56
15 158 Malawi / Niassa / Nyasa Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania 12 00’S 34 30’E 474 100,500 29,500 1,500 264 700 7,775 580/75
16 185 Turkana Ethiopia, Kenya 03 30’N 36 00’E 360 130,860 6,405 820 30 109 204 290/32
17 186 Rukwa Tanzania 08 00’S 32 25’E 800 88,000 5,895 3 15 180/32
18 203 Shamo Ethiopia 05 50’N 37 40’E 1,110 18757 317 14 32/13
19 212 Tana Ethiopia 12 10’N 37 20’E 1,788 2,156 8 15 28 84/66
20 213 Tanganyika Burundi, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia 06 00’S 29 30’E 773 223,000 32,600 1,828 32,600 580 18,880 676/48
21 229 Tumba DRC 00 48’S 18 03’E 340 765 5 40/29
22 234 Upemba DRC 08 36’S 26 26’E 580 530 1 4 29/26
23 240 Victoria Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 01 00’S 33 00’E 1,134 193,000 68,800 3,440 40 80 2,760 359/‎337


Physical features of manmade lakes

Label No Lake Nation(s) Latitude Longitude Altitude (m. amsl) Catchment area (km2) Area (km2) Shoreline length (km) Average depth (m) Maximum depth (m) Volume (km3) Length/Width(km)
A Cahora Bassa Mozambique 15.690S 31.760E 314 56,927 2,739 21 157 56 292/38
B Kainji Nigeria 10.360 N 4.600E 1,243 29 15 135/30
C Kariba Zambia, Zimbabwet 16.96^ S 27.97^ E 485 663,000 5,400 ‎29 97 180 220
D Nasser Egypt, Sudan 22.74' N 32.20' E 183 5,250 7,844 25 130 132 550/35
E Volta Ghana 6.54' N 0.04' W 853 404,375 8,502 4,800 25 75 148