Lua Ira

Lua Ira
	The Lua Ira
Geographical location	Com , East Timor
Drain	none
	Data
Coordinates	8 ° 21 '13 " S , 127 ° 3' 4" E Coordinates: 8 ° 21 '13 " S , 127 ° 3' 4" E
surface	0.586 ha
particularities	salt lake
	The smallest of the three lakes in Ran is the furthest from the main road.

The Lua Ira ( German "Affensee" , Portuguese "Lagoa dos Macacos" , also Numunira 1 is) a salt lake in East Timor Suco Com (Office of Administration loud , community loud ), to the east of the country. The lake has an area of 0.586 ha.

The Lua Ira is the southernmost of the three lakes of Ran , an area north of the village of Com , about 100 meters from the coast of the Strait of Wetar and 50 meters from the Strait of Lautém to Com. The "Utchan Ira and the Umun Ira are further north. Even outside of the rainy season the lakes do not dry out. The region belongs to the Nino Konis Santana National Park . The lakes are particularly worthy of protection because of the numerous water birds that live here in tree-covered areas Savannahs, living on the beach and in salty mud flats. The area of the lakes is claimed by the Fataluku Clan ( Ratu ) Kati. Slash- and-burn agriculture, illegal logging and hunting threaten the biotope.

Individual evidence

^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
^ ^A ^b Raimundo Mau: Ecosystem and Community Based Model for Zonation in Nino Konis Santana National Park, Timor-Leste, 2010 ( Memento from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 26, 2014.

[GIS-1] Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[RM-2] A ^b Raimundo Mau: Ecosystem and Community Based Model for Zonation in Nino Konis Santana National Park, Timor-Leste, 2010 ( Memento from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 26, 2014.