Kitawe
kee-TAH-weh (approx.)
The atlas records 8 collection-point forms from Kitawe, across 5 genera.
8.3741°S 31.1009°E
Kitawe is a collection point on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika shore, under 1 km south-east of Kavuna.
Where it is
Kitawe is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its southern third (349 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Kazomba Point 0.6 mi north-west · Kisala Bay 1.7 mi north-west · Samazi 1.9 mi north-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: Mpulungu (south basin) (~43 km) — Temperature 24.5 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 662 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 11.9 m
Surface temperature here
Across Mar–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1671 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.