Lake Murray

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Lake Murray
Lake Murray.png
Lake Murray from space
Geographical location Western Province , Papua New Guinea
Tributaries June, Boi, Bwe, Kaim, Mamboi River
Drain Herbert River → Strickland River → Fly River → Gulf of Papua
Islands Botoa Island et al
Data
Coordinates 7 ° 0 ′  S , 141 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 7 ° 0 ′  S , 141 ° 30 ′  E
Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea)
Lake Murray
surface 650 km²
length 63 km
width 18 km
Maximum depth 10 m
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The Lake Murray is a lake in Middle Fly District of the Western Province . It is the largest lake in Papua New Guinea . About 5000 people live in small villages on the shore and on small islands of the lake. The forest that surrounds the lake extends over an area of ​​one million hectares .

geography

The lake is north of the confluence of the Fly and Strickland Rivers in the west of the country. It has an area of ​​about 650 km², but can grow up to 2000 km² in the rainy season. Largest island is in the west of the lake Botoa Island .

Lake Murray. View from space (false colors)

economy

The local population catches fish in the lake for their own consumption. There is also a crocodile farm with New Guinea crocodiles .

In 2003 Concord Pacific cleared 100,000 hectares of forest, actually property of the population, along the road from Kiunga to Aiambad . This led to protests from Greenpeace and other organizations. As a result, the Greenpeace Global Forest Rescue Station was set up by Greenpeace Australia Pacific . Forty people from 25 countries worked together with the local Kuni , Begwa and Pari peoples to clarify ownership. The boundary markings serve as protection for the eco-forestry project that has been installed since then. The logging is now being checked, shipped to Australia and sold on behalf of the Forestry Stewardship Council of the locals.

fauna

Leichhardt's saw-ray , which can reach a size of several meters, is very common here . Another eye-catching fish species is the Leichhardt's bone-winging fish, which can grow to a meter tall . Numerous species of birds live on and around the lake.

A cryptid named Murray is also said to live or have lived by the lake. The animal is described as a dinosaur, comparable to the tyrannosaurus .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Greenpeace in Lake Murray, PNG . Greenpeace Australia Pacific. C 2006. Archived from the original on July 27, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Lake Murray Lodge , accessed March 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Global Forest Rescue Station ( Memento from July 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 28, 2010
  4. ^ Boundary Marking In PNG . Greenpeace Australia Pacific. C 2006. Archived from the original on July 27, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
  5. ↑ a b Ecoforestry: Taking back the forest . Greenpeace Australia Pacific. C 2006. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ Ecotimber ( Memento from July 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Forestry Stewardship Council
  8. ↑ GR Allen, AW Storey, M. Yarrao: Freshwater Fishes of the Fly River . Ok Tedi Mining, Tabubil 2008, ISBN 978-0-646-49605-4 .