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Coordinates: 2°45′0″S 121°30′0″E / 2.75000°S 121.50000°E / -2.75000; 121.50000
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[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Pad langs drijfvlak Larona Celebes TMnr 10007791.jpg|thumb|300px|Lake Towuti in 1930]]
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Pad langs drijfvlak Larona Celebes TMnr 10007791.jpg|thumb|300px|Lake Towuti in 1930]]
'''Lake Towuti''' ({{Lang-id|'''Danau Towuti'''}}) is a [[lake]] in [[South Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]]. It is located at {{Coord|2|45|0|S|121|30|0|E|type:waterbody_region:ID}}. Surrounded by mountains, it is the largest lake of the island of [[Sulawesi]] and one of the five lakes of the Malili Lake system (the other being [[Lake Matano|Matano]], and the small [[Lake Mahalona|Mahalona]], [[Lake Masapi|Masapi]] and [[Lake Wawantoa|Wawantoa]]).<ref>Gray, S.M., and J.S. McKinnon (2006). ''A comparative description of mating behaviour in the endemic telmatherinid fishes of Sulawesi's Malili Lakes.'' Environmental Biology of Fishes 75: 471–482</ref> A river flows from the lake to the [[Gulf of Boni|Boni Bay]]. The town Laronda is located on its shore.
'''Lake Towuti''' ({{Lang-id|'''Danau Towuti'''}}) is a [[lake]] in [[South Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]]. It is located at {{Coord|2|45|0|S|121|30|0|E|type:waterbody_region:ID}}. Surrounded by mountains, it is the largest lake of the island of [[Sulawesi]] and one of the five lakes of the Malili Lake system (the other being [[Lake Matano|Matano]], and the small [[Lake Mahalona|Mahalona]], [[Lake Masapi|Masapi]] and [[Lake Lontoa|Lontoa]] (Wawantoa)).<ref>Gray, S.M., and J.S. McKinnon (2006). ''A comparative description of mating behaviour in the endemic telmatherinid fishes of Sulawesi's Malili Lakes.'' Environmental Biology of Fishes 75: 471–482</ref> A river flows from the lake to the [[Gulf of Boni|Boni Bay]]. The town Laronda is located on its shore.


==See also==
==See also==

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Lake Towuti
StandortSouth Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates2°45′0″S 121°30′0″E / 2.75000°S 121.50000°E / -2.75000; 121.50000
TypTectonic
Basin countriesIndonesien
Surface area561.1 km²
Max. depth203 m
Surface elevation293 m
Lake Towuti in 1930

Lake Towuti (Indonesian: Danau Towuti) is a lake in South Sulawesi, Indonesien. It is located at 2°45′0″S 121°30′0″E / 2.75000°S 121.50000°E / -2.75000; 121.50000. Surrounded by mountains, it is the largest lake of the island of Sulawesi and one of the five lakes of the Malili Lake system (the other being Matano, and the small Mahalona, Masapi and Lontoa (Wawantoa)).[1] A river flows from the lake to the Boni Bay. The town Laronda is located on its shore.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gray, S.M., and J.S. McKinnon (2006). A comparative description of mating behaviour in the endemic telmatherinid fishes of Sulawesi's Malili Lakes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 75: 471–482