Danau Sidenreng
Location:
4°00'S, 119°52'E; 25 km east of Parepare, Central Sulawesi.
Area:
c.3,1100ha.
Altitude:
c.50m.
Biogeographical Province:
4.24.12.
Wetland type:
14.
Description of site:
A permanent freshwater lake in the lowlands of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi.
Climatic conditions:
Humid tropical climate with an average annual rainfall of 1,355 mm.
Principal vegetation:
No information.
Land tenure:
State owned (Indonesian Government).
Conservation measures taken:
None.
Land use:
Fishing.
Disturbances and threats:
No information.
Economic and social values:
No information. The lake may have some potential for outdoor recreation and tourism.
Fauna:
Little information is available. The lake is known to support a population of the endemic fish Oryzias celebensis (Adrianichthyidae), and may still support a population of T. ladigesi (Atherinidae). Both these species are known only from this lake and Lake Tempe, six km to the southeast (site 94).
Special floral values:
No information.
References:
Whitten et al. (1987).
Criteria for Inclusion:
1b, 2a, 2d.
Source:
Marcel J. Silvius.