Ol Doinyo Lengai · 2,960 m · 33 km S

Lake · Tanzania

Lake Natron

601 m1,972 ft

Area: 818 km²
Max depth: 3 m
Tonight: 26°CFair · Wind 15 km/h E

Lake Natron is a lake at 601 m above sea level in Tanzania, 818 km² in area and 55.3 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 601 m
Length: 55.3 km
Shoreline: 161.3 km

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3D map

Lake Natron 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Natron 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.

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Lake Natron elevation profile

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLake Natron satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-04.

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GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Natron in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 161.3 km

Weather

Lake Natron weather

Tonight · Fair · 26°C (79°F) · Wind 15 km/h E

Lake Natron forecast for about 601 m.

Tonight26°–15 km/h E
Today26°36°–22 km/h N
Sun25°35°–25 km/h E
Mon24°35°5.3 mm26 km/h SE
Tue23°32°16.0 mm11 km/h NE
Wed23°30°17.2 mm10 km/h W
Thu23°31°2.1 mm8 km/h SW
Fri23°31°6.7 mm10 km/h S
Sat22°29°15.2 mm9 km/h NW
Sun22°29°14.4 mm7 km/h SW

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: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

95.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

3.5%

Steep, 30–45°

0.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.7% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 398 m low point 600 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 68.6%Grassland 18.9%Shrubland 10.2%Bare rock / sparse 1.9%

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; 40 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Lesser Flamingo31
Chestnut-banded Plover9
Giant milkweed6
Plains Zebra5
Desert rose4
Adamant creeper3

Where it sits

Where Lake Natron sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Duluti Lake139 km SE

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 2026-09-04)
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
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © 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.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia