Lake Tondano Explained

Lake Tondano
Location:North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates:1.228°N 124.898°W
Type:lake
Pushpin Map:Indonesia
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of the lake in Indonesia.

Lake Tondano is the largest lake in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The lake is approximately from the city of Manado and is above sea level.[1]

In recent years there have been reports of decreasing water levels at Lake Tondano; from 1934 when it was, to 1993 to, in 1996 and in 2010.[2]

The halfbeak fish Tondanichthys kottelati and calanoid copepod Phyllodiaptomus sulawesensis are endemic to the lake.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tondano Lake.
  2. Web site: N. Sulawesi's Lake Tondano now only 12 meters deep | the Jakarta Post . 2015-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151201213656/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/08/25/n-sulawesis-lake-tondano-now-only-12-meters-deep.html . 2015-12-01 .