Lake Duluti Explained

Lake Duluti
Location:Arusha District
Coords:-3.386°N 36.789°W
Type:Natural freshwater lake, volcanic crater lake
Pushpin Map:Tanzania
Pushpin Map Alt:Located in Northern Tanzania near Kenya border.
Basin Countries:Tanzania
Length:1.11km (00.69miles)
Width:0.73km (00.45miles)
Area:0.6km2[1]
Max-Depth:9m (30feet)[2]
Elevation:1290m (4,230feet)[3]

Lake Duluti is a volcanic crater lake in the Arusha region[4] of Tanzania, on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. It is located in Meru District near the town of Tengeru and is from Arusha city centre and from the Arusha-Moshi road.

Lake Duluti covers about 63ha, and the surrounding Duluti Forestry Reserve covers about 19ha of land. The deepest part of the lake, in its center, is about 9m (30feet) deep; the shallow parts are at the lake's shore, where the depth varies from side to side. A road from the Arusha-Moshi road leads to a restaurant on the Northern shore of the lake, where canoes can be hired. [5]

Notes and References

  1. Nancy P. Mduma, Hans C. Komakech, Jing Zhang and Alfred N. Muzuka, "APPLICATION OF ISOTOPES AND WATER BALANCE ON LAKE DULUTI-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION, ARUSHA, TANZANIA," Manuscript under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, published 8 June 2016, p. 3, online at https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2016-176/hess-2016-176.pdf .
  2. Mduma, et al., p. 3.
  3. Mduma, et al., p. 3.
  4. Web site: Arusha Region.
  5. Web site: lake duluti.