Site Name : DANAU TOWUTI
    Centerpoint
Latitude :
2 45 0 S Logitude : 121 31 12
Altitude :
400 to 1200 metres
Area :
65000 ha Wetlands: 59000 ha
Status : Nature recreation park
Legislation : SK No. 274/Kpts/Um/4/79.
Tenure : PHPA
Province :  
  Site Description  
  The 59,000 ha lake is one of the largest lakes in Sulawesi. It is an aesthetically pleasing area surrounded by forested hills. The protected area contains 6,000 ha of lowland forest on ultra basic rock. There are several small villages around the lake. The lake is one of the magnificient lakes in Indonesia, last in te chain of Matano-Mahalona-Towuti.Its maximum depth is some 200 metres, but Lehmusluto and Machmub (1995) found only 82 metres in the north-western basin, because the location of the greatest depth is not well documented. The lake flows through the Larona and Malili rivers to the Bone Bay. It was weakly stratified (RTR 39.8). It was indicated that the lake was homotherm. Water quality is good and the lake is considered oligotrophic. La Rona river which flows out of lake produces 165 MW of hydroelectricity used mainly for producing nickel by IN.  
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  List of Birds (0 species)  
 
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  List of Fish (17 species)  
 
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Anabas testudineus
Anguilla nebulosa
Aplocheilus panchax
Channa striata
Clarias batrachus
Cyprinus carpio
Dermogenys megarrhamphus Lower Risk
Glossogobius flavipinnis Vulnerable
Glossogobius matanensis Vulnerable
Mugilogobius latifrons Vulnerable
Nomorhamphus towoeti Vulnerable
Oryzias mamoratus Vulnerable
Paratherina cyanea Vulnerable
Paratherina labiosa Vulnerable
Paratherina striata Vulnerable
Telmatherina bonti
Telmatherina celebensis Vulnerable
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  List of Mollusks (6 species)  
 
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Brotia insulaesacre
Brotia patriarchalia
Brotia policolarum
Corbicula loehensis
Corbicula subplanata
Corbicula towutensis
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  List of Vegetations (28 species)  
 
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Alternanthera sessilis
Blyxa auberti
Colocasia esculenta
Cyperus compactus
Cyperus cyperoides
Eleocharis dulcis
Fimbristylis celebica
Fimbristylis dichotoma
Fimbristylis globulosa
Ipomoea aquatica
Lepironia articulata
Limnocharis flava
Ludwigia adscendens
Machaerina disticha
Monochoria vaginalis
Najas graminea
Nepenthes mirabilis
Nymphoides parvifolia
Ottelia alismoides
Ottelia mesenterium
Paspalum sp.
Polygonum pulchrum
Rhynchospora corymbosa
Rhynchospora rubra
Scirpus grossus
Scleria poaeformis
Stenochlaena palustris
Utricularia bifida