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Exploring 10 Most Unique Lakes in Indonesia


Exploring 10 Most Unique Lakes in Indonesia

A deevaTravel - Indonesia has many unique tourist attractions and featuring an unusual natural phenomenon. As the existence of the Three Colors in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Lake Pagaralam with water blood red or Lake Labuan Cermin the lake water has two flavors that taste fresh and salty taste.

Intrigued by the presence of these lakes, Check out his review on Exploring 10 Most Unique Lakes in Indonesia following.

1. Lake Flores, Nusa Tenggara Barat


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Lake Flores is a crater lake at the peak of Mount Flores , Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara. This lake is the most unique lakes in Indonesia because it has three different colors namely Red, Blue and White. Nevertheless these colors will always change with the passage of time. 

The third area of ​​the lake of about 1,051,000 square meters with a volume of 1292 million cubic meters. Boundary between the lake was a narrow stone walls prone to landslides. This wall is very steep with 70-degree angle. Lake wall height ranges from 50 to 150 meters.

2. Lake Pagaralam, Bengkulu


Lake Pagaralam

Lake this one different from the other lakes. When the normally colored clear lake water, in Lake Pagaralam had a blood-red color of the lake. The lake is located in the hills Mandare Pagaralam and Kaur border town of Bengkulu province. While red blood, but when we took the water by hand or container so the water is like water in general. According to local residents, at night in locations around the lake will smell the aroma of pandan.

Another uniqueness of Lake Pagaralam offered not only limited to that. Animals living in the vicinity of Lake Pagaralam else also has unique characteristics, such as the discovery of a giant centipede with a width of 30 cm and a length of 50 cm, the buffalo have a beehive in his ears, some birds appear to have a fairly large size. Although it has the appearance of unusual, but the animals were tame.

3. Seven Lakes Mountain, Jambi


Lake Gunung Tujuh

As the name of the lake is surrounded by seven mountains, namely Mount Hulu Tebo (2,525 meters above sea level), Mount Hulu Sangir (2,330 meters above sea level), Mount Madura Besi (2418 masl), Gunung Lumut overgrown various types of moss (2,350 meters above sea level), Mount Basil (2230 masl), Mount Jar Bake (2469 masl), and Gunung Tujuh itself (2,735 masl). In some of these mountains are the source of water, which causes the water in the lake is not inexhaustible.

Gunung Tujuh Lake is a lake located in Kerinci regency, Jambi. precisely in the Village Pelompek, District Ayu Aro. The lake is located in the Seven Mountains, a mountain located right behind Mount Kerinci.

Seven Lakes Mountain is also one of the lake the highest in Indonesia , this lake located at an altitude of 1,950 meters above sea level. With a height of almost two kilometers above sea level it can be imagined how cold the water of Lake Gunung Tujuh in the morning. Even so, take a dip in Lake Gunung Tujuh with very cold water a challenge in itself for the climbers.

4. Mirror Lake Labuan, East Kalimantan


Lake Labuan Cermin

Labuan Mirror Lake is located in the district of the Big Dipper-dipper, East Kalimantan. When viewed on a map, it's right at the back of the nose Kalimantan. This place can be reached within a three-hour drive northwest of Derawan.
The top of the Mirror Lake Labuan contain fresh water such as lakes in general. But a few meters below it is the flow of salt water. Surprisingly, the second type of water is not mixed. In plain view can be seen that the sea water and fresh water are separated by a layer of clouds similar.

No one has done research in this area so that the formation of this phenomenon remains a mystery.

5. Lake Kakaban, East Kalimantan


Lake Kakaban

Lake Kakaban a prehistoric lake that is the time of transition Holosin . The extent of about 5 km², walled cliffs as high as 50 meters, resulting in sea water could no longer be caught out,

Because of the changes and evolution long enough by rain water and ground water, lake water then becomes more fresh than in the surrounding sea. These changes have an impact also on the adaptation of the existing marine fauna in the lake. Jellyfish, for example, because of the limited food, eventually adapted to perform in mutualism symbiosis with algae. Algae is a producer of food and to cook food with the help of sunlight.

For thousands of years the lake in the middle of this sea of ​​course creates an ecosystem of its own very unique.

This unique lake has four types of jellyfish, one of which is a type of jellyfish Cassiopea .

6. White Crater Lake, West Java


White Crater Lake

Kawah Putih is a tourist spot in West Java which is located in Ciwidey. White crater is a lake formed by the eruption of Mount Patuha. Soil mixed with sulfur around the crater is white, the color of water in the crater is greenish-white color, unique of these craters is sometimes discolored water. The crater is located at an altitude +2090 m above sea level below the peak / highest point Patuha.

7. Lake Linow, North Sulawesi


Lake Linow

Linow lake situated in the area of administrative regions Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The lake is close terletaak Geothermal Power Project Lahendong. The lake is unique because during the time the water is colored (or lake three colors). This lake is one of the attractions of interest in the land Toar Lumimuut.

8. Lake Seven Colors, Bengkulu


Lake Seven Color

Objects Travel Telaga seven colors is the pride travel Lebong district which is not only because of its uniqueness, but also because of its beauty. This object is within about 35 km from the city towards the estuary Curup secure exactly in the village of resource nodes, Rimbo barrier. From the intersection at the source of these lymph continued journey for 6 km. Along the way will be through lading-farm population, lush tropical rain forest and the mountain chain that lay far.

The corner is still beautiful scenery can be seen in the area of ​​Rimbo barrier, hot springs has several lakes that have a color that is different also include blue, red, white, gray-yellow, brown and black.

9. Lake Paniai, Papua


Lake Paniai

Lake Paniai is the name of a lake located in the district of Paniai, Papua. This lake has a view that is smart, experienced and well maintained. 14,500 hectares of the lake are numerous rocks and sand around it and surrounded by high cliffs.

In this lake you can find endemic shrimp Papuans who have been very rare that shrimp Cheating (Cherax albertisi) . Besides shrimp rare in Lake Paniai also there are some other rare animals such as i the tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) , tilapia fish (Oreochromis mossambicus) , common carp / carp (Cyprinus carpio) , fish nine black, and eels (synbranchus) is among species of fish that can be found in this lake. While the rainbow fish (rainbow / Melanotaenia ayamaruensis) is Paniai Lake biota are often sought by fishermen and ornamental fish hobbyists because of high economic value.  

10. Satonda Lake, West Nusa Tenggara


Lake Satonda

Lake Satonda is a unique lake in Indonesia, located in Satonda, Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara. This lake is unique because the lake water tasted salty as sea water is expected to be salty lake water because it is mixed with sea water to the lake overflowed and trapped when Mount Tambora erupted. 

This can happen because Satonda with Mount Tambora is very close. As it is known that Latusan eruption of Mount Tambora is terrifying, catastrophic tsunami that is very powerful as well.

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