Lake Poso
| Lake Poso | |
|---|---|
| Location | Central Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 1°55′28″S 120°37′0″E / 1.92444°S 120.61667°ECoordinates: 1°55′28″S 120°37′0″E / 1.92444°S 120.61667°E |
| Type | Tectonic |
| Primary outflows | Poso River |
| Basin countries | Indonesia |
| Surface area | 323.2 km2 (124.8 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Water volume | 216 gigalitres (175,000 acre·ft) |
| Surface elevation | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
Lake Poso (Indonesian: Danau Poso) is a lake in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the third-deepest lake in Indonesia.
The town of Pendolo is situated at the southern end of the lake, the town of Tentena is located at the northern end, while a number of smaller villages dot the shoreline. The lake drains into the Poso River at Tentena, which flows into the Molucca Sea at the town of Poso.
The lake contains various fish, including the eel Anguilla marmorata which migrates between the lake and the sea, and 11 fish species that are endemic to the lake, notably buntingi ricefish (Adrianichthys, Oryzias nebulosus, O. nigrimas and O. orthognathus), gobies (Mugilogobius amadi and M. sarasinorum), and the halfbeak Nomorhamphus celebensis. These endemics are all highly threatened; in some cases possibly already extinct. One of the reasons for the drastic decline of the native fish are introduced, non-native species, particularly Mozambique tilapia and common carp.
There is also a large number of endemic Tylomelania freshwater snails in the lake, as well as several endemic Caridina shrimps and Parathelphusid crabs (genera Migmathelphusa, Parathelphusa and Sundathelphusa).
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