Lake Chala topographic map
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Lake Chala
Lake Chala's average annual rainfall is about 565 millimetres (22.2 in). The lake surface has an average annual evaporation of near 1,735 millimetres (68.3 in). Approximately 80 percent of the lake's inflow comes from groundwater, which is derived mostly from rainfall in the montane forest zone of Mount Kilimanjaro at an elevation of 1,800 to 2,800 metres (5,900 to 9,200 ft). It takes about 3 months for groundwater to reach the lake. The groundwater flowed into the lake at an estimated annual volume of 8,390,000 cubic metres (296,000,000 cu ft) from 1964 through 1977.
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Name: Lake Chala topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Lake Chala, Rombo, Kilimanjaro, Northern Zone, Tanzania (-3.32718 37.68784 -3.30780 37.71228)
Average elevation: 900 m
Minimum elevation: 845 m
Maximum elevation: 1,081 m
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