Sunday, August 18, 2013

Kakaban lake, Lake Jellyfish World's Largest

This brackish water lake located in Kakaban included in Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan. Kakaban island shape is unique because it is shaped like the number 9, and thousands of jellyfish in the lake Kakaban a jellyfish that do not sting.

Kakaban lake is one of two lakes which have famous jellyfish in the world. One more lake with jellyfish in it is Jellyfish Lake, Palau. Not only form the islands are unique, but also unique lake ecosystem, because inhabited by endemic plants and animals other than customarily, such as jellyfish do not have stingers, algae is a carpet on the lake bottom, and white anemones.


Differences between Lake Kakaban with Jellyfish Lake is a lake if that is in Palau has only 2 types of jellyfish, while Lake Kakaban has 4 types of jellyfish that moon jellyfish, dots, squares, and inverted. And because it's also fed lake was nominated by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site area. If you are interested in the art and culture of the Dayaks in East Kalimantan, you should visit the village Pampang.

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