Lake Dissoni
The Dissoni Lake, also known under the name Soden Lake is a crater lake in the Sud-Ouest region of Cameroon. With a diameter of 1250 meters and a depth of 81 meters, it is one of the larger crater lakes West of Cameroon. The lake is located in the southeast of Rumpiberge to 461 meters above sea level, just 15 km from the Barombi Mbo Lake. To the southwest lies its outflow, the Uwe river, so that he is part of the water catchment area of the Mungo River. The water is turquoise green. The region around the Dissoni lake is covered by a rain forest. Accessible to the lake is only by footpaths that lead through the southern crater wall. The lake is located in the settlement area of the people of Oroko.
Fauna
The fish fauna of the lake consists of only three or four species, the lampeye Procatopus lacustris, a hitherto undescribed catfish (Clarias sp. ) And a großschuppigen cash from the relationship of Barbus batesii. In the tributaries still alive Killifish Aphyosemion the celiae. Cichlids, the typical residents of the other Cameroonian crater lakes are missing. The free water is used by millions of small endemic freshwater shrimp ( Caridina sodenensis ) populated.