Lake · Arusha Region

Lake Eyasi

1,026 m3,366 ft

Area: 1,271 km²
Tonight: 23°CClear · Wind 19 km/h E

Lake Eyasi is a lake at 1,026 m above sea level in Arusha Region, Tanzania, 1,271 km² in area and 81.0 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,026 m
Length: 81.0 km
Shoreline: 261.6 km

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3D map

Lake Eyasi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Eyasi topographic map

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Eyasi elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLake Eyasi satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-06-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Eyasi in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 261.6 km

Weather

Lake Eyasi weather

Tonight · Clear · 23°C (73°F) · Wind 19 km/h E

Lake Eyasi forecast for about 1,026 m.

Tonight23°–19 km/h E
Today22°37°–27 km/h E
Sun22°36°–28 km/h E
Mon22°35°0.1 mm28 km/h NE
Tue23°34°–22 km/h E
Wed22°31°2.1 mm17 km/h NE
Thu22°27°14.7 mm12 km/h NE
Fri21°31°2.4 mm15 km/h S
Sat21°31°14.6 mm15 km/h NE
Sun20°31°7.4 mm17 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 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

97.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

2.8%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 415 m low point 1,026 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 48.1%Shrubland 33.0%Grassland 16.3%Bare rock / sparse 1.8%

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 10 km; 149 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fischer's Lovebird9
African Caper6
Hadada Ibis5
Gray-hooded Gull5
Topaz Arab Tip5
Speckled Pigeon4

Where it sits

Where Lake Eyasi sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mount LongidoPeak · 2,637 m211 km ENE

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 2026-06-29)
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