Lake Tondano
Lake Tondano is the largest lake in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  Lake Tondano | |
| Location | North Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 1.228°N 124.898°E |
| Type | lake |
| Surface elevation | 600 metres (2,000 ft) |
The lake is approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Manado and is 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level.[1]
In recent years there have been reports of decreasing water levels at Lake Tondano; from 1934 when it was 40 metres (130 ft), to 1993 to 23 metres (75 ft), 18 metres (59 ft) in 1996 and 12 metres (39 ft) in 2010.[2]
The halfbeak fish Tondanichthys kottelati and calanoid copepod Phyllodiaptomus sulawesensis are endemic to the lake.[3]
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References
- http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/forum/showthread.php?1843-Tondano-Lake
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Tondanichthys kottelati" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
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