Earth:Lake Ranau

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Short description: Pleistocene volcanic crater lake
Ranau
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Aan het Ranau-meer in Zuid-Sumatra augustus 1926. TMnr 60014496.jpg
Lake Ranau in August 1926
Ranau is located in Indonesia
Ranau
Ranau
Ranau is located in Sumatra
Ranau
Ranau
LocationSouth Sumatra and Lampung, Indonesia
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 4°51′45″S 103°55′50″E / 4.8625°S 103.93056°E / -4.8625; 103.93056
TypeTectonic/ volcanic
rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflowsWarkuk River
rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflowsKomering River
Basin countriesIndonesia
Surface area125.9 km2 (48.6 sq mi)
Average depth174 m (571 ft)[1]
Max. depth229 m (751 ft)
Water volume21.91 km3 (17,760,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation540 m (1,770 ft)

Lake Ranau (Indonesian: Danau Ranau) is a Pleistocene volcanic[2] crater lake in Sumatra, Indonesia.

See also

  • List of drainage basins of Indonesia
  • List of lakes of Indonesia

Notes

  1. Average depth calculated by dividing volume by surface area.
  2. "Ranau". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=261251.