Kalya
KAH-lyah (approx.)
The atlas records 6 collection-point forms from Kalya, across 6 genera.
6.4725°S 30.0137°E
Kalya is a collection point on Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, about 3 km west-south-west of Mayamasi River.
Where it is
Kalya is on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (217 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Makola 3.9 mi west · Sibwesa 4.7 mi west · Lyamembe 6.8 mi west
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Kigoma (central, east shore) (~182 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Oct, monthly means run 77 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1041 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.
Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.