Beautiful Lake Singkarak in Ranah Minang
Lake Singkarak is a lake that stretches across two districts in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia, are the district of Solok and Tanah Datar regency located close to the lake singkarak. This singkarak lake has an area of 107.8 km² and this singkarak lake is the 2nd largest lake on the island of Sumatra. This singkarak lake is upstream of Batang Ombilin. However, some of the lake water flows through the tunnel that penetrates the Bukit Barisan and spread to Batang Anai to drive the power plant or Singkarak hydropower generator located near Lubuk Alung, Padang Pariaman regency of west Sumatra.
Lake Singkarak is one of the results of a tectonic process that has been affected by a Sumatran Fault. This singkarak lake is part of the Singkarak Lake Basin to Solok which also includes a segment of a Sumatran Fault. The basin of this singkarak lake has been formed from a hole caused by the activity of the movement of Fault on the island of Sumatra. The large-shaped basin is already blocked by material from volcanic originating from volcanic eruptions in the vicinity.
The resulting effect of this volcanic material destruction formed a new lake called Maninjau Lake in one part of the Singkarak Basin found in the Solok area. In contrast to Maninjau Lake is formed by the eruption of the volcano, Lake Singkarak has been formed from the main because of the tectonic process. With the existence of 19 species or species of fish that are living in Lake Singkarak, it already shows the diversity and variety of fish in the lake singkarak is not too high. In clay from Mesogotrofik Conditions that cause Singkarak power to support this habitat should the development and growth or development of water organisms such as plankton and betas example, very very limited.
Lake Singkarak is one of the results of a tectonic process that has been affected by a Sumatran Fault. This singkarak lake is part of the Singkarak Lake Basin to Solok which also includes a segment of a Sumatran Fault. The basin of this singkarak lake has been formed from a hole caused by the activity of the movement of Fault on the island of Sumatra. The large-shaped basin is already blocked by material from volcanic originating from volcanic eruptions in the vicinity.
The resulting effect of this volcanic material destruction formed a new lake called Maninjau Lake in one part of the Singkarak Basin found in the Solok area. In contrast to Maninjau Lake is formed by the eruption of the volcano, Lake Singkarak has been formed from the main because of the tectonic process. With the existence of 19 species or species of fish that are living in Lake Singkarak, it already shows the diversity and variety of fish in the lake singkarak is not too high. In clay from Mesogotrofik Conditions that cause Singkarak power to support this habitat should the development and growth or development of water organisms such as plankton and betas example, very very limited.
