Nkwasi Point
n-KWAH-see POYNT (approx.)
The atlas records 7 collection-point forms from Nkwasi Point, across 5 genera.
6.2608°S 29.7370°E
Nkwasi Point is a point on the central coast of Mahale Mountains National Park, on Lake Tanganyika's Tanzanian shore, about 2 km south of Lubugwe Bay.
Where it is
Nkwasi Point is on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, in its central third (203 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Lubugwe Bay 1.1 mi north · Lufungu Bay 1.3 mi south-east · Luagala Point 2.5 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: Kigoma (central, east shore) (~154 km) — Temperature 25.7 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 654 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 12.8 m
Surface temperature here
Across May–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 (1071 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.
The site
At high tide, the point separates from the mainland and becomes an island.
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.