Danau Laut Tawar is a lake and tourist area located in Gayo Highlands, Central Aceh district, Aceh. On the west side of this lake there is a district town that is TAKENGON city, which is also the capital of Central Aceh District. Gayo people call this lake as Lake Lut Tawar. The extent is approximately 5,472 hectares with a length of 17 km and a width of 3,219 km. Its water volume is approximately 2,537,483,884 m³ (2.5 trillion liters). where the fish polish depik
General characteristics
There are 25 krueng streams that empty into Lake Laut Tawar with a total water discharge of approximately 10,043 liters per second.
Average depth of lake:
35 meters from the edge of the lake: 8.9 meters.
100 meters from the edge of the lake: 19.27 meters.
620 meters from the edge of the lake: 51.13 meters.
Average lake water temperature measured by depth:
1 meter: 21.55 ° C
5 meters: 21.37 ° C
10 meters: 21.15 ° C
20 meters: 20.70 ° C
50 meters: 19.35 ° C
The highest brightness is 2.92 meters (in the middle of the lake), while the lowest is 1.29 meters (Kp Kuala II). The higher the brightness, the clearer the water.
Chemical characteristics
Acidity level (pH) averaged 8.35.
DO, dissolved oxygen or dissolved oxygen averaged 5.94 ppm.
BOD, biological oxygen demand or oxygen demand by bacteria and microbes to neutralize organic matter about 0.8 ppm.
COD, chemical oxygen demand or oxygen demand by bacteria and microbes to neutralize chemicals so small that they are not detected
Flora
There were 46 species of plankton divided into 11 classes in Danau Laut Tawar, with 35% Chlorophyceae class, 24% Bacillariophyceae, Myxophyceae 9%, and other class 32%. Hydrilla sp., Water hyacinth, and kiambang can also be found living on the banks of the lake.
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Found 3 types of molluscs, 1 type of annelids, 37 species of fish, and 49 species of insects living in the Lake Laut Tawar area. For animals living around the lake, 20 species of mammals are found in 13 families, some of which include protected animals, among others binturung, pukas, pangolins, hedgehogs, kancil, napu, owa, gibbon, tanado, tiger, , deer, and deer.
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