Tele-sea

Tele-sea
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Geographical location	Republic of the Congo
Drain	Likouala-aux-herbes
	Data
Coordinates	1 ° 20 '40 " N , 17 ° 9' 5" E Coordinates: 1 ° 20 '40 " N , 17 ° 9' 5" E
surface	23 km²
Maximum depth	4 m
particularities	pH value <4

Lake Télé is a very shallow, almost circular lake (about 6 km long and 5 km wide) in the northern part of the Republic of the Congo . Its area is around 23 km² and the water volume is around 71 million m³. It drains through the Likouala-aux-Herbes into the Congo . The lake may have been created by a meteorite impact . This assumption is based on an identified magnetic anomaly under the northern half of the lake.

Mokele-Mbembe

There are many myths about the lake, including the legend of Mokele-Mbembe , a reptile that is said to be a sauropod-like animal and that could only have survived in this lake.

The book Reptilia by Thomas Thiemeyer from 2005 also deals with this myth . Furthermore, there is a travelogue about an expedition to Lac Télé with the book Congo Fever by the English author Redmond O'Hanlon .

Individual evidence

^ Scientific survey of Lake Tele (North Congo) - First results and interpretations. doi: 10.1016 / S1251-8050 (97) 83272-7 .
^ Origin and function of a closed depression in equatorial humid zones: The Lake Télé in North Congo. doi: 10.1016 / S0022-1694 (98) 00137-1 .

[1] Scientific survey of Lake Tele (North Congo) - First results and interpretations. doi: 10.1016 / S1251-8050 (97) 83272-7 .

[2] Origin and function of a closed depression in equatorial humid zones: The Lake Télé in North Congo. doi: 10.1016 / S0022-1694 (98) 00137-1 .