TONDANO Lake

Latitude : 1 21 27 N Logitude : 125 1 19 E
Altitude : 0 to 1000 metres
Area : 20380 ha Wetlands: 5000 ha
Tenure : Government of Indonesia

Lake Tondano is a very shallow Indonesian lake (max.depth: 20 m) with no distinctive features. It is silting up by 20 cm/year. It is draining through the river Tondano to the Mollucca Sea. Its stratification is weak (RTR 19.1). The total nitrogen values varied from 0.356-0.624 mg/l N, and total phosphorus values were undetectable. The lake is considered as mesotrophic lake with a transparency of 2.5 metres, which is affected also by other than phytoplankton turbidity. However, Giesen (1991) considers this lake as eutrophic lake.

Site Location
Danau Tondano is located on 37 km south of Manado. To reached the site use car/motorcycle until Tondano town.