Sentarum Lake

Sentarum Lake National Park is representative of wet lake ecosystem, freshwater swamp forest and tropical rain forest in Borneo.

Lake Sentarum as a seasonal lake that is in the national park is located on the Kapuas river basin, which is about 700 km from the mouth of the South China sea. Bordered by hills and plateaus that rounded, Sentarum Lake is a water catchment areas and at the same time as the water system for the Kapuas River Regional Flow. Thus, the regions that are located downstream in the Kapuas River is highly dependent on the fluctuation in the amount of water in the lake is fullfill.

Sentarum Lake National Park has a unique and native plants, namely tembesu / tengkawang (Shorea beccariana). In addition, there are also plants such as lowland forest jelutung (Dyera costulata), Ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), Meranti (Shorea sp.), Keruing (Dipterocarpus sp.), And ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri).

Water system of freshwater lakes and forests make this stagnant Sentarum Lake is not like other lakes. Bewarna kettle black reddish because it contains tannin that comes from forests in the surrounding turf. At the time of the rainy season, water depth of the lake can reach 6-8 meters and the forest surrounding tergenangnya. However, when the dry season, where high water in the Kapuas River gradually coming down, water from Lake Sentarum akan Kapuas River to flow so that the debit in the river water is relatively stable. Finally, at the peak of the dry season, the Lake Sentarum and surrounding areas will be paving a vast land. Fish that was in the lake, will be seen in small ponds.

Of a society that is in the national parks around the Dayak Iban tribe, Sebaruk, Sontas, Kenyah and Punan still traditional. Long house (Betang), which is inhabited by various tribes in the large, who have inhabited the five to eight families who have settled and 15 to 30 families. Long inhabited the house 15 - 30 families, have an average length of 186 meters and 6 meters wide. Living in a home show betang harmony, smoothness and warmth tribe, and tourists usually akan disuguhi dayak dance.

Some locations / objects of interest to visit:
Bukit Lanjak, Nanga Kenelang and Bukit Tekenang. Panoramic lake view, canoe and bird sighting animals and research facilities equipped laboratory.

How well a location: Pontianak-Sintang-Semitau using four-wheel drive vehicle about 11 minutes or Sintang-Semitau using Longboat (bandong) be about seven hours. Semitau to the location of the boat motor Lanjak department. Pontianak-Putussibau with the aircraft approximately two hours and from Putussibau to Nanga Suhaid Longboat with about seven minutes.

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