Mboandong
| Mboandong | ||
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| Geographical location | Region Sud-Ouest , Cameroon | |
| Tributaries | no | |
| Drain | no | |
| Location close to the shore | Kumba | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 4 ° 27 '0 " N , 9 ° 16' 8" E | |
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| length | 400 m | |
| Maximum depth | 5 m | |
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particularities |
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The Mboandong is a small, shallow crater lake in the Sud-Ouest region of Cameroon . It is located about one kilometer south of the Barombi Koto . The circular lake has no permanent inflows or outflows. Only in the rainy season does water run off at a low point on the bank. The edges of the crater are thickly covered with forest that extends down to the lake shore. The most common tree species are raphia palms , some of which are still in the water. The forest has only been cleared in one place and cocoa trees have been planted. With the exception of a few water liliesthere are no higher plants in the lake near the shore. The lake's water is brown in color and contains less phytoplankton than that of Barombi Koto.
fauna
The zooplankton of the lake is dominated by copepods ( Thermocyclops hyalinus ). There are also tufted mosquito larvae , mayfly larvae , six types of rotifers , mussel crabs , water fleas , hippos and freshwater mites . Frequent larger invertebrates are damselfly - and dragonfly larvae , belostomatidae , sandpipers , hydrometridae and Stabwanzenart ( Ranatra sp.). The fish fauna of Mboandong consists of five types, three cichlid types, and two Prachtkärpflinge . The cichlids are the five-spotted cichlid ( Hemichromis fasciatus ), Sarotherodon galilaeus and the Coptodon kottae , which is endemic in the Barombi Koto and Mboandong, and the figureheads are the multicolored figurehead ( Aphyosemion bitaeniatum ) and Oesers ocherulioppflingers ( Fundanchulioppflinges ).
See also
swell
- SA Corbet, JJ Green, J. Griffith & E. Betney (1973): Ecological studies on crater lakes in West Cameroon Lakes Kotto and Mboandong. Journal of Zoology 170: 309-324 PDF