Wetlands International Indonesia Programme

These lakes form one lake-complex with Danau Sidenreng. Danau Tempe is a large lake with villages around it. Almost all forest around this lake has been cleared, except the swampy forest between Tempe and Sidenreng. Danau Tempe covers 6,000 ha. Both lakes are shallow (maximum depth about 5m) and support abudant floating vegetation. Large numbers of ducks and herons occur around the mats of floating vegetation. The Tempe lake has many fish species of any lake in Sulawesi. It is an outstanding example of a shallow eutrophic lake ecosystem. Principal vegetation: Floating lake vegetation. Ceratophyllum dermisium, Pistia stratiotes, Ipomoea aquatica, Polygonium sp., Cyperus platystylis, Echinochloa crusgelii. Lake Tempe is the lowest in the Sindenreng-Tempe chain of lakes. During rainy season its area is about 30,000 ha, but it shrinks to mere 1,000 ha during the dry season, during which time its dry shore area is used for agriculture. Its economic value is great both because of agriculture and fishery. The lake can not be considered, even during the high-water season, as a real lake, since the through-flow water velocity is quite high. The stratification of the lake is naturally weak (RTR 3.5). Transparency was 0.6 metres. Lake Tempe is a fertile and productive water body with total nitrogen values from 0.72-1.01 mg/l N and total phosporous concentration from 0.05-0.06 mg/l P, in which high allochthonous organic matter concentration support a large and uniform fishery. The lake is important for fishery and migrating birds. The fish yield is 650 kg/ha/year. From the limnological point of view, the lake is much affected by the allochthnous transport of organic matter and nutrients, and thus by the drainage area.

Site Location

Based on the jurisdiction status that the Lake Tempe System under management of three regencies, namely Wajo, Sidrap and Soppeng Regency with border are: - Northern: to border on Belawa and Transitolo District. - Eastern : to border on Tempe and Sabangparu District. - Western : to border on Sengkang town (teh capital of Wajo regency). - Southern: to border on Tokare village.

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List of Birds (72 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Acrocephalus stentoreus
Actitis hypoleucos
Aerodramus vanikorensis
Alcedo atthis
Alcedo meninting
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Anas gracilis
Anas querquedula
Anas superciliosa
Anhinga melanogaster	Lower Risk
Anthreptes malacensis
Anthus gustavi
Ardea alba
Ardea picata
Ardea purpurea
Ardea sumatrana	Lower Risk
Ardeola speciosa
Artamus leucorynchus
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides striatus
Calidris subminuta
Calidris tenuirostris
Casmerodius albus
Chlidonias hybridus
Chlidonias leucopterus
Ciconia episcopus
Circus assimilis		App II
Collocalia esculenta
Corvus enca
Dendrocygna arcuata
Egretta garzetta
Egretta intermedia
Egretta picata
Eurystomus orientalis
Gallinula chloropus
Gallinula tenebrosa
Gallirallus philippensis
Gallirallus torquatus
Gerygone sulphurea
Halcyon chloris
Haliaeetus leucogaster		App II
Haliastur indus		App II
Himantopus leucocephalus
Hirundo rustica
Hirundo tahitica
Irediparra gallinacea
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Ixobrychus eurhythmus	Lower Risk
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Ixobrychus sinensis
Limnodromus semipalmatus	Lower Risk
Lonchura malacca
Lonchura pallida
Merops philippinus
Motacilla flava
Mycteria cinerea	Vulnerable	App I
Nectarinia jugularis
Numenius madagascariensis	Lower Risk
Nycticorax caledonicus
Nycticorax nycticorax
Pandion haliaetus		App II
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Plegadis falcinellus
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis squatarola
Porphyrio porphyrio
Pycnonotus aurigaster
Streptopelia chinensis
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tringa glareola
Tringa hypoleucos

List of Mamal (1 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Macaca maura	Endengered	App II

List of Fish (21 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Anabas testudineus
Anguilla marmorata
Anguilla nebulosa
Aplocheilus panchax
Barbodes gonionotus
Channa striata
Clarias batrachus
Cyprinus carpio
Dermogenys orientalis
Dermogenys pusillus
Glossogobius giuris
Helostoma temminckii
Lagusia micracanthus
Leiognathus dussumieri
Liza vaigiensis
Monopterus albus
Oryzias celebensis	Vulnerable
Osteochilus hasseltii
Oxyeleotris gyrinoides
Telmatherina ladigesi	Vulnerable
Trichogaster pectoralis

List of Crustaseans (0 species)

List of Mollusk (8 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Angulygra costata
Bellamya javanica
Brotia perfecta
Melanoides amablis
Melanoides fontinalis
Melanoides granifera
Melanoides tuberculata
Pila scutata

List of Fish (0 species)

List of Reptile (6 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Crocodylus sp.
Cuora amboinensis
Hydrosaurus amboinensis
Mabuya multifasciata
Varanus indicus		App II
Varanus salvator		App II

List of Vegetation (68 species)

Species	Red Data Book	Cites
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alternanthera sessilis
Artocarpus teysmanii
Azolla pinnata
Barringtonia acutangula
Barringtonia sp.
Basilicum polystachyon
Borreria laevis
Cayratia trifolia
Ceratophyllum demersum
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Commelina diffusa
Cyperus cephalotes
Cyperus difformis
Cyperus distans
Cyperus elatus
Cyperus imbricatus
Cyperus iria
Cyperus odoratus
Cyperus pilosus
Cyperus platystylis
Cyperus procerus
Cyperus tenuiculmis
Cyperus tenuispica
Echinochloa colonum
Echinochloa crus-galli
Echinochloa stagnina
Eclipta prostrata
Eichhornia crassipes
Eriochloa polystachya
Erythrina fusca
Erythrina sp.
Ficus sp.
Fimbristylis miliacea
Hedyotis corymbosa
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrocharis dubia
Hymenachne acutigluma
Ipomoea aquatica
Kleinhovia hospita
Lemna perpusilla
Leptochloa chinensis
Limnocharis flava
Ludwigia adscendens
Ludwigia hyssopifolia
Ludwigia octovalvis
Melochia corchorifolia
Merremia hederacea
Monochoria vaginalis
Najas indica
Nauclea orientalis
Nymphaea nouchali
Nymphoides indica
Ottelia alismoides
Panicum repens
Phragmites karka
Phyllanthus sp.
Physalis angulata
Pistia stratiotes
Polygonum barbatum
Polygonum pulchrum
Polygonum sp.
Scirpus articulatus
Sesbania javanica
Sida rhombifolia
Terminalia catappa
Utricularia aurea