Kashekezi
kah-sheh-KEH-zee (approx.)
The atlas records 4 collection-point forms from Kashekezi, across 4 genera.
3.5936°S 29.1461°E
Kashekezi is a collection point on Lake Tanganyika's DR Congo shore, under 1 km west-north-west of Mulongwe River.
Where it is
Kashekezi is at the northern end of Lake Tanganyika.
Nearest collection points: Cape Munene 1.2 mi south · Makobola 3.3 mi north · Kashombe 5.3 mi north
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: North basin (Bujumbura / Uvira) (~12 km) — Temperature 25.8 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 659 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 8.7 m
Surface temperature here
Across all year, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug, warmest in Apr. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (569 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.