About Batur Lake (Bali)

Lake Batur is the largest and deepest lake located in the Province of Bali. The lake is located in District Kintamani Bangli Regency Bali province. Geographically, Lake Batur located in the position of 115o 22 '42.3 "- 115o 25' 33.0" east longitude and 8o 13 '24.0 "- 8o 17' 13.3" South latitude at an altitude of + 1050 m above sea level. Vast pool of Lake Batur, which is 16.06 km2 with an average depth of 50.8 m of the lake water is able to accommodate up to 815.38 million m3....

Lake Batur is the largest and deepest lake located in the Province of Bali. The lake is located in District Kintamani Bangli Regency Bali province. Geographically, Lake Batur located in the position of 115o 22 '42.3 "- 115o 25' 33.0" east longitude and 8o 13 '24.0 "- 8o 17' 13.3" South latitude at an altitude of + 1050 m above sea level. Vast pool of Lake Batur, which is 16.06 km2 with an average depth of 50.8 m of the lake water is able to accommodate up to 815.38 million m3. This lake has a maximum depth of 80 m. Batur Lake water sourced from rainwater and seepage-water seepage from the mountains surrounding the catchment area (catchment area) 105.35 km2 (Bapedalda Bali Province, 2004). Length of coastline (Shoreline) Lake Batur approximately 21.4 km that is surrounded by land with two different topography, namely in the western part is an undulating lowlands to the mountain (Mount Batur with a height of 1717 meters above sea level) and in the north, east and south is an area of steep hills to the mountains (Gunung Abang with a height of 2172 meters above sea level). In general physical condition of the border the lake has not experienced a change, this is evidenced by the still vast border area of the lake that has not undergone processing. Physical form / reliefs Lake Batur is elongated / oval with a slightly curved at the edges with the edge of a winding lake.

The water quality of Lake Batur shows that of the 17 parameters measured, obtained an increase in the concentration of PO4 0.032 mg / L, Cd 0.02 mg / L and the Oil and Fat 0.01 mg / L (Ir. Ni Wayan Sudji in "Proceedings of the Second Lake Green Lake Management in Indonesia ", 2004). Lake Batur contain the value of alkaline and high pH (3.60 to 3.70 meq / l) and pH (8.8) and is included in the oligotrophic lake.