Mbala topographic map

Name: Mbala topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Mbala, Mbala District, Northern Province, Zambia (-8.88561 31.33092 -8.80561 31.41092)

Average elevation: 1,632 m

Minimum elevation: 1,531 m

Maximum elevation: 1,718 m

The town is at the edge of the plateau covering most of Zambia, at an elevation of 1670 m, about 900 m higher than Lake Tanganyika, which comes within 22 km (straight-line distance). The escarpment above the lake is the end of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East Africa Rift, and the Mbala area experiences occasional earth tremors. It is also said that the tiny but picturesque Lake Chila within the town experiences inexplicable drying out, and sudden flooding from underground springs, but this may be just a legend.