Lake · South Sulawesi

Lake Tempe

5 m16 ft

Area: 197 km²
Tonight: 26°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h E

Lake Tempe is a lake at 5 m above sea level in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 197 km² in area and 21.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 5 m
Length: 21.4 km
Shoreline: 137.5 km
Max depth: 5 m

Open the 3D view

Lake

Lake Tempe in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 137.5 km

3D map

Lake Tempe 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Tempe 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 Tempe elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lake Tempe weather

Today · Fair · 26 / 35°C (79 / 95°F) · Wind 19 km/h E

Lake Tempe forecast for about 5 m.

Today26°35°–19 km/h E
Fri26°35°2.4 mm17 km/h NW
Sat26°35°1.5 mm16 km/h NW
Sun27°36°–16 km/h E
Mon25°36°–19 km/h E
Tue27°36°2.3 mm10 km/h E
Wed27°36°5.8 mm12 km/h E
Thu25°35°4.4 mm14 km/h E
Fri26°34°5.5 mm13 km/h E
Sat27°34°3.1 mm12 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Nov 5, 05:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

99.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.1%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 136 m low point -4 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 35.2%Cropland 31.9%Trees 14.2%Wetland 12.8%Grassland 3.8%Built-up 2.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Lake Tempe sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGLake Tempe satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-15.

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 2026-09-15)
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