Lake Sebu

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The Lake Sebu (English: Lake Sebu ) is a lake on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is located about 53 km southeast of the community Rajah Buayan in the province of South Cotabato in the area of ​​Lake Sebu municipality. The lake covers an area of 3.50 km ² on the rugged Tiruray Plateau, which lies at the foot of up to 2,083 meters high Daguma Mountains. In the up to 45 meters deep lake are the two smaller islands Tugayo and Rome 's.

The Aqua vegetation is dominated by Dickstieliger water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ), a water lilies (Nymphaea sp. ), Water spinach ( Ipomoea reptans ), water lettuce ( Pistia stratiotes ), a Vallis ( Vallisneria sp.) And the reason nettle ( Hydrilla verticillata ).

Fish stocks are mainly composed of the snakehead Channa striata, tilapia ( Tilapia sp.), The goby Glossogobius giurus, the carp ( Cyprinus carpio) and catfish prey ( Clarias sp.). These fish are also used for commercial fishing. The climbing fish Anabas testudineus is equally at home in the sea area such as shrimps of the genus Macrobrachium. Occurrence of larger populations of freshwater snails vivipara angularis and Ampullaria luzonica are well documented.

The lake is a wintering area of Rotscheitelreihers ( Gorsachius goisagi ). Other bird species occurring on the lake are Philippines Adler ( Pithecophaga jefferyi ), Philippines Hawk-Eagle ( Nisaetus philippensis ), brown fruit pigeons ( Phapitreron brunneiceps ), spotted Fruit Dove ( Ducula carola ), Mindanao Scops Owl ( Otus mirus ), gray breast Mistelfresser ( Dicaeum proprium ) and Philippines leaf bird ( Chloropsis flavipennis ).

Close to the Lake Sebu, at Mount Tasaday, a beginning has been held for indigenous " stone-age tribe", living as hunter-gatherers Tasaday discovered in the sixties of the 20th century. The case of the Tasaday became a science thriller and is now recognized, however, that the Tasaday were recruited from the outcast of the tribes of the Manobo and T'Boli.

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