Chrissie Lake
| Chrissie Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Mpumalanga , South Africa | |
| Drain | none | |
| Places on the shore | Chrissiesmeer | |
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 30 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1674 m | |
| length | 9 km | |
| width | 3 km | |
| scope | 25 km | |
| Maximum depth | 6 m | |
The Chrissie Lake ( English Lake Chrissie , Afrikaans Chrissiesmeer ) is a shallow lake in the South African province of Mpumalanga . With a length of nine kilometers and a width of three kilometers, the lake is the largest natural freshwater body in the country. The shoreline is 25 kilometers long; Surface and depth (maximum six meters) vary depending on the season. The lake is 1674 meters above sea level.
The lake takes its name from a settler who settled there in the 1860s. He named the lake after Christina, the daughter of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius , the then President of the Republic of South Africa . The area around the lake was called Kachibibi (for "Big Lake") by the Swazi and Matotoland by the Boers .
Today the Chrissie Lake is known for its bird life and the herds of blessbock in the shore regions. The town of Chrissiesmeer is on the north side of the lake.
In August 2007, the environmental organization Grass and Wetland Tourism determined that the lake had a very high content of various bacteria and parasites due to errors in the wastewater infrastructure of the Msukaligwa Municipality's municipal administration . As a result, the water quality of the lake suffered so much that Grass and Wetland Tourism closed the tourist routes. She also did this to get the administration to act, which until then had been standing idly by.
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- ↑ a b c d e f g Lake Chrissie ( English ) In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved January 16, 2009.
- ^ South Africa - Lakes ( English ) Retrieved January 16, 2009.
- ↑ South Africa: Lake Chrissie under threat ( English ) August 25, 2007. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007.