Lake Sentarum ASI-311

Riparian Nation(s) Indonesia
Surface Area 890 km2 Mean Depth Volume
Shoreline Catchment Area Residence Time
Frozen Period Mixing Type Morphogenesis/Dam flood plain lakes
Related Info/Site Ramsar Site #667 (1994), Danau Sentarum National Park (1999)

Description

Danau Sentarum lies in a vast floodplain in the upper Kapuas River basin, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The lake system, including of about 20 seasonal lakes, and freshwater swamp forest and peat swamp forest make up the Danau Sentarum National Park.