Lake Duluti

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Lake Duluti
Location Arusha District
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Type Natural freshwater lake
Basin countries Tanzania
Max. length 1.11 km (0.69 mi)
Max. width 0.73 km (0.45 mi)
Surface area 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi)[1]
Max. depth 9 m (30 ft)[2]
Surface elevation 1,290 m (4,230 ft)[3]

Lake Duluti is a crater lake in the Arusha region[4] of Tanzania, on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. It is located in Arumeru District near the town of Tengeru and is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Arusha city centre and 1.31 kilometres (0.81 mi) from the Arusha-Moshi road.

Lake Duluti covers about 63 hectares (160 acres), and the surrounding Duluti Forestry Reserve covers about 19 hectares (47 acres) of land. The deepest part of the lake, in its center, is about 9 m (30 ft) deep; the shallow parts are at the lake's shore, where the depth varies from side to side.[5]

References

  1. Nancy P. Mduma, Hans C. Komakech, Jing Zhang and Alfred N. Muzuka, "APPLICATION OF ISOTOPES AND WATER BALANCE ON LAKE DULUTI-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION, ARUSHA, TANZANIA," Manuscript under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, published 8 June 2016, p. 3, online at https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2016-176/hess-2016-176.pdf .
  2. Mduma, et al., p. 3.
  3. Mduma, et al., p. 3.
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