Largest lakes & reservoirs in Tanzania by water volumeThis is a comparison for lakes within Tanzania > - Compared by Largest Lakes - Water Volume in acre-foot.
For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Water Volume" is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 6 articles we have published for Tanzania lakes.
Note: In the United States, an acre foot is a unit of volume used to refer to large-scale bodies of water. It is defined by the volume of water needed to cover 1 acre of surface area to a depth of 1 foot.
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|Lake name||Water vol. in ac-ft||Lake description|
(African Great Lakes, Burundi, Congo (DRC), Kigoma, Rukwa, Tanzania, Zambia)
Located in the Western Great Rift Valley of Africa, the crystal clear water of Lake Tanganyika reaches across four countries – Burundi, Zambia, Democr…
(African Great Lakes, Iringa, Malawi, Manda Wilderness, Mbeya, Mozambique, Ruvuma, Tanzania, The Lakeshore)
|6,809,990,827 ac-ft||(Also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa, Lago Niassa)
Located in the East African Rift Valley system between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, Lake Malawi — also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Nia…
(African Great Lakes, Central, Kagera, Kenya, Mara, Mwanza, Nyanza, Tanzania, Uganda, Western)
|2,229,461,280 ac-ft||(Also known as Victoria Nyanza, Victoria Ukerewe, Victoria Nalubaale)
Lake Victoria — also known as Victoria Nyanza, Ukerewe, and Nalubaale — rakes in the superlatives: it is the largest lake on the African continent b…
(Arusha, Kenya, Rift Valley, Tanzania)
Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is a very special lake. Lying close to the Kenya border in the eastern branch of Africa’s Rift Valley, Lake Natron is…