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Lake Bosumtwi

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Lake Bosumtwi
impact crater lake
Native labelBosumtwi Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryGhana Edit
Coordinate location6°30′20″N 1°24′33″W, 6°30′20″N 1°24′32″W Edit
Ghana Place Names URLhttps://sites.google.com/view/ghanaplacenames-water-bodies/lakes-reservoirs/bosomtwe, https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/lake-bosomtwe Edit

Lake Bosumtwi be de natural lake per insyd Ghana. E dey situate within an ancient impact crater wey be about 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) insyd diameter.[1] E be about 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Kumasi, de capital of Ashanti, wey ebe a popular recreational area. Der be about 30 villages near de crater lake of Lake Bosumtwi, plus a combined population of about 70,000.[2] De most popular amongst de villages wer tourists usuallydey settle be Abono.[3][4]

De Ashanti dey consider Bosumtwi a sacred lake. According to traditional belief, de souls of de dead cam hie make dem bid farewell to de goddess Asase Ya. Secof dis, ebe considered permissible make dem fish insyd de lake from wooden planks per. Among de fish species insyd de lake be de endemic cichlid Hemichromis frempongi, den de near-endemic cichlids Tilapia busumana den T. discolor.[5][6][7]

Impact crater

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Planar deformation wey dey feature from de Bosumtwi impact crater visible under de optical den scanning electron microscope.[8]

De Lake Bosumtwi impact crater be 10.5 km (6.5 mi) insyd diameter, slightly larger dan de present lake wich be approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) across, wey dem estimate am e be 1.07 million years old (Pleistocene period).[9][10]

De depth of crater be approximately 380 m (1,250 ft), buh, if dem count togeda plus de depth of lake sediments - 750 m (2,460 ft).[11]

References

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  1. ↑ "Bosumtwi". LakeNet. Archived from the original on November 28, 2003. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Lake Bosomtwi". touringghana.com (in American English). 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  3. ↑ Adom, Dickson (2018-01-01). "The human impact and the aquatic biodiversity of lake Bosomtwe: rennaisance (sic) of the cultural traditions of Abono (Ghana)?". Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research. 20 (1): 87–110. doi:10.1515/trser-2018-0007. ISSN 2344-3219.
  4. ↑ Serwaa, Maame. "Why Ghana's Lake Bosomtwe Should Be on Your Travel Bucket List". Yo Chale. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemichromis frempongi". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  6. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tilapia busumana". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  7. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tilapia discolor". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  8. ↑ Losiak, Anna; Golebiowska, Izabela; Ferrière, Ludovic; Wojciechowski, Jacek; Huber, Matthew S.; Koeberl, Christian (2016-04-01). "WIP: A Web-based program for indexing planar features in quartz grains and its usage". Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in English). 51 (4): 647–662. Bibcode:2016M&PS...51..647L. doi:10.1111/maps.12614. ISSN 1945-5100.
  9. ↑ "Bosumtwi". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  10. ↑ Koeberl, C.; Milkereit, B.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A.; Amoako, P.Y.O.; Boamah, D.; Danuor, S.; Karp, T.; Kueck, J.; Hecky, R.E.; et al. (2007). "An international and multidisciplinary drilling project into a young complex impact structure: The 2004 ICDP Bosumtwi Crater Drilling Project—An overview". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 42 (4–5): 483–511. Bibcode:2007M&PS...42..483K. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01057.x. S2CID 6897812.
  11. ↑ "Lake Bosumtwi". Wondermondo. 2013-02-09.
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