Tele-sea
Tele-sea | ||
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Geographical location | Republic of the Congo | |
Drain | Likouala-aux-herbes | |
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Coordinates | 1 ° 20 '40 " N , 17 ° 9' 5" E | |
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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 .