Lake Kayumbu
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| Lake Kayumbu | |
|---|---|
 Kisoro, Southwestern Uganda | |
  Lake Kayumbu | |
| Location | Kisoro District, Uganda |
| Coordinates | 1°20′14″S 29°47′10″E / 1.33722°S 29.78611°E |
| Max. length | 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi)[citation needed] |
| Average depth | 5 metres (16 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 1,897 metres (6,224 ft) |
Lake Kayumbu, also known as Lake Kayumba, is a lake in Kisoro District, South Western Uganda, north of the Rwanda border at an altitude of 1,897 metres (6,224 ft) above sea level.[1][2][3][user-generated source] The lake acts as a tourist destination which earns the country foreign exchange.[4] The lake has a variety of fish species.[5]
Lake Kayumbu lies in the highlands of Kisoro District, within the wider Kigezi area of south-western Uganda.[citation needed] A limnological baseline survey of six south-western Ugandan lakes reported Lake Kayumbu as a small lake (surface area 2.2 km2) at about 1,890 metres above sea level, near Lake Chahafi and close to the Rwanda border.[citation needed]
Kisoro District is a high-altitude district with multiple surface water bodies and wetlands, including lakes Mutanda, Mulehe, Chahafi and Kayumbu, plus a network of permanent swamps.[6]
Physical characteristics
In published limnological baseline data, Lake Kayumbu has:
- Surface area: 2.2 square kilometres (0.85 sq mi)[citation needed]
- Maximum depth: 5 metres (16 ft)[citation needed]
- Altitude: 1,890 metres (6,200 ft) above sea level[citation needed]
Limnology and biodiversity
Lake Kayumbu was included in a wet-season (September 2014) limnological baseline survey covering lakes in Kisoro, Kabale and Rukungiri districts. The survey collected field measurements and samples for parameters such as dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, conductivity, nutrients, phytoplankton biomass, zooplankton, and macroinvertebrates to characterise high-altitude water bodies for fisheries productivity planning.[citation needed]
Human use
Lake Kayumbu is visited as part of local nature tourism and hiking routes in south-western Uganda, including treks linking Lake Bunyonyi, Echuya Forest and the Kisoro area.[7]
Travel writing commonly describes Lake Kayumbu and nearby Lake Chahafi as a paired landscape viewpoint, separated by a ridge, with wide views across the surrounding hills.[8]
Fisheries
The Kisoro minor lakes have long supported small-scale fisheries. A fisheries resource review reported low combined catches from four Kisoro minor lakes in 1998 (16 metric tonnes), alongside high prices at the time and low per-capita fish consumption linked to limited supply.[9]
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