Travel to Kakaban Lake - Berau
Kakaban lake, sea water is trapped in Kakaban Island, coupled with water from the soil and rain water from 2 million years ago. Lake Kakaban a prehistoric lake that is the time of transition Holosin. The extent of approximately 5 km ², walled cliffs as high as 50 meters, resulting in sea water is trapped no longer get out, into the lake. Administratively, Lake Kakaban including Berau regency, East Kalimantan.
Biota in Lake
Because of the changes and evolution are long enough by rain water and ground water, lake water is then to be more fresh than the sea around him. These changes have an impact also on the adaptation of marine fauna in the lake. Jellyfish for example, due to limited food, eventually adapt to doing simbiose mutualistis with algae. Algae is a producer of food and to cook food with the help of sunlight.
For thousands of years the lake in the middle of the sea is of course creates a very unique ecosystem of its own.
This unique lake has four types of jellyfish, one of which is a type of jellyfish Cassiopea.
The story is very interesting symbiosis. Jellyfish Kakaban, putting algae on the legs, because the algae are concerned to get the sun as a means of doing fotosistesa, the jellyfish eventually went upside down, with his feet up and head down. A unique gait that attract scientists and divers to see the evolution of marine fauna are finally behaving strangely in order to maintain their lives. Note divers also gives an overview, the animals that exist in this lake has a more colorful light when the days are getting darker. Allegedly, at this lake will be found many new species.
Only two of the world
In the world, a place like this is only found on the island, Micronesia Islands in the South East Pacific Ocean. Thus Kakaban Island is the only island in Indonesia which has a lake in the middle.
Also on the outskirts of coastal mangrove forests are also growing, which is inhabited by many kinds of crabs, sea cucumbers and sea snakes. There are so many types of animals that have not been identified in this region. Dr. Thomas Tomascik, a Canadian oceanographer, said Kakaban a wealth of existing biological paradise in Indonesia. The mystery of how animals and plants are isolated in this lake is one object that is in great demand by scientists to unravel. Hence the sea is indeed deserve to be objects of nature conservation which should be protected and conserved.
One expression of interest, how for example there are marine animals that are now still survive when water hardness in it has changed completely.
Kakaban in the local language is an island that is "embraced" '. So Kakaban means "an island that embraces the lake", including the flora and fauna are full of uniqueness.
Biota in Lake
Because of the changes and evolution are long enough by rain water and ground water, lake water is then to be more fresh than the sea around him. These changes have an impact also on the adaptation of marine fauna in the lake. Jellyfish for example, due to limited food, eventually adapt to doing simbiose mutualistis with algae. Algae is a producer of food and to cook food with the help of sunlight.
For thousands of years the lake in the middle of the sea is of course creates a very unique ecosystem of its own.
This unique lake has four types of jellyfish, one of which is a type of jellyfish Cassiopea.
The story is very interesting symbiosis. Jellyfish Kakaban, putting algae on the legs, because the algae are concerned to get the sun as a means of doing fotosistesa, the jellyfish eventually went upside down, with his feet up and head down. A unique gait that attract scientists and divers to see the evolution of marine fauna are finally behaving strangely in order to maintain their lives. Note divers also gives an overview, the animals that exist in this lake has a more colorful light when the days are getting darker. Allegedly, at this lake will be found many new species.
Only two of the world
In the world, a place like this is only found on the island, Micronesia Islands in the South East Pacific Ocean. Thus Kakaban Island is the only island in Indonesia which has a lake in the middle.
Also on the outskirts of coastal mangrove forests are also growing, which is inhabited by many kinds of crabs, sea cucumbers and sea snakes. There are so many types of animals that have not been identified in this region. Dr. Thomas Tomascik, a Canadian oceanographer, said Kakaban a wealth of existing biological paradise in Indonesia. The mystery of how animals and plants are isolated in this lake is one object that is in great demand by scientists to unravel. Hence the sea is indeed deserve to be objects of nature conservation which should be protected and conserved.
One expression of interest, how for example there are marine animals that are now still survive when water hardness in it has changed completely.
Kakaban in the local language is an island that is "embraced" '. So Kakaban means "an island that embraces the lake", including the flora and fauna are full of uniqueness.
