Lake Tondano is the largest lake in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Location | North Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Coordinates | 1.228°N 124.898°E / 1.228; 124.898 |
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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