Lake Barombi Mbo

Coordinates: 4°39′41″N 9°24′9″E / 4.66139°N 9.40250°E / 4.66139; 9.40250
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Lake Barombi Mbo
Mungo River
Basin countriesCameroon
Max. length2.15 km (1.34 mi) (diameter)[1]
Surface area5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)[2]
or
7 km2 (2.7 sq mi)[3][4]
Average depth69 m (226 ft)[2]
Max. depth111 m (364 ft)[2]
Surface elevation300 m (980 ft)[2]
Official nameBarombi Mbo Crater Lake
Designated8 October 2006
Reference no.1643[5]
Bakundu Forest Reserve, Lake Barombi

Lake Barombi Mbo or Barombi-ma-Mbu is a lake near

lava flow in it being about one million years old.[1] On old colonial maps the area was known as Elefanten Sea (Elephant Lake), but the elephants living in the area were extirpated due to ivory trading.[7]

Biology

Stomatepia pindu
(below), two of the many cichlid species found only in Lake Barombi Mbo

Until now, 15 species of fishes have been recorded from the lake.

mouth brooders.[10] In addition to the sponge, the lake is home to an endemic species of Caridina shrimp.[2]

All the endemic fish are seriously threatened by

subsistence fishing has caused declines in the Barombi Mbo cichlids, but it is shifting to more sustainable practices.[10]

Gallery

  • Lake Barombi, Crater Lake
    Lake Barombi, Crater Lake
  • Full extent, Lake Barombi
    Full extent, Lake Barombi
  • Side view of Lake Barombi, Kumba
    Side view of Lake Barombi, Kumba

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-55963-365-4
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (2008). Western Equatorial Crater Lakes. Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T20865A9233664.en
    . Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11054A3248087.en
    . Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Barombi Mbo Crater Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4020-2121-3. Archived
    from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  7. ^ "Elephants and Their Interactions with People and Vegetation in the Waza-Logone Region, Cameroon, Part I Introduction and General Background, 1.1 The Problem, pg 3" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  8. ^ a b Schliewen, U.K., Tautz, D., and Pääbo, S. (1994). Sympatric speciation suggested by monophyly of crater lake cichlids. Nature 368(6472): 629–632.
  9. doi:10.1111/evo.12674
  10. ^ a b c Steeves, G. (2010). Insight on Barombi Mbo, Cameroon Archived 2018-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Cichlid-forum Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  11. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T11055A3248338.en
    . Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  12. ISBN 978-3-663-05239-5
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