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Cahora Bassa Lake
1. The Cahora Bassa lake—in the Portuguese colonial era known as Cabora Bassa, from Nyungwe Kahoura-Bassa, meaning "finish the job"—is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique.
Surface elevation: 314 m
Area: 2,739 km²
Length: 292 km
Width: 38 km
Volume: 55.8 km³
Mean depth: 21 m
Inflow source: Zambezi