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Lake Sentani

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Lake Sentani
Lake Sentani. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About

Lake Sentani is a tropical, shallow, and at low-altitude open lake located at the northeast extremity of the Jayapura Regency in the Indonesian province of Papua, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the provincial capital, Jayapura City. It is located just to the south of the town of Sentani.

The lake, which is considered by the local population as the home of the rainbows, is part of the Cyclops Strict Nature Reserve and contains several endemic species of fish.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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