Lake · Mpumalanga

Lake Chrissie

1,673 m5,489 ft

Area: 9.49 km²
Max depth: 6 m
Tonight: 12°CCloudy · Wind 16 km/h N

Lake Chrissie is a lake at 1,673 m above sea level in Mpumalanga, South Africa, 9.49 km² in area and 6.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,673 m
Length: 6.4 km
Shoreline: 20.2 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Lake Chrissie in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 20.2 km≈5 h to walk around

3D map

Lake Chrissie 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.4 × 8.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Chrissie terrain and contours

5 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Chrissie elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Lake Chrissie weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 12°C (54°F) · Wind 16 km/h N

Lake Chrissie forecast for about 1,673 m.

Tonight12°–16 km/h N
Today13°27°–27 km/h NE
Sun14°29°–23 km/h NW
Mon17°30°0.3 mm26 km/h NW
Tue12°23°3.0 mm30 km/h W
Wed11°22°–18 km/h SE
Thu10°23°–16 km/h E
Fri10°24°–14 km/h NE
Sat16°30°–13 km/h NE
Sun14°29°0.2 mm21 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 71 km² view
Relief in view: 86 m low point 1,669 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 68.8%Water 16.4%Cropland 12.1%Trees 2.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.2 km; 55 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Goliath Heron4
Long-tailed Widowbird4
Southern Masked Weaver3
Orange-throated Longclaw3
African Sacred Ibis2
Grey Heron2

Where it sits

Where Lake Chrissie sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

Lake Chrissie downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLake Chrissie satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-11.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-11)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia