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Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
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Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
Lake Chala
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Lake Chala
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Lake Chala, also known as Lake Challa, is a crater lake that straddles the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The lake formed approximately 250,000 years ago. The lake is east of Mount Kilimanjaro, 8 kilometres north of Taveta, Kenya, and 55 kilometres east of Moshi, Tanzania. The lake is surrounded by a steep crater rim with a maximum height of 170 metres .Lake Chala's average annual rainfall is about 565 millimetres . The lake surface has an average annual evaporation of near 1,735 millimetres . 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 . 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 from 1964 through 1977.The Lake Chala tilapia is endemic to Lake Chala. The Red List of threatened species, which is maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, describes this fish as critically endangered.An 18 year old British woman was killed in 2002 by a small crocodile while swimming at night in the lake. A few days later, the Kenya Police Service said that the lake was infested with crocodiles while the Kenya Wildlife Service said, Crocodiles are found in Lake Chala and it is not regarded as safe to swim at all.
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