Tafkin Tele

Tafkin Tele (Faransanci Lac Télé) tafkin ruwa ne a cikin Gundumar Epena, Jamhuriyar Kongo. Bayyanawa Da yake a 1°20′N 17°9′E / 1.333°N 17.150°E / 1. 333; 17.150 a yankin arewa maso gabashin Jamhuriyar Kongo, an kafa Tafkin Tele a cikin tsaunuka na Pliocene ta hanyar tsarin ilimin ƙasa da ba a sani ba. Yana da elliptical, kusan zagaye, a siffar kuma yana kewaye da gandun daji na Likouala-aux-Herbes wanda ke rufe shi a hankali. Babu manyan hanyoyin shiga ko hanyoyin fita a cikin tafkin. Ruwa na Lake Tele yana da turbid, yana da babban abun ciki na kayan kwayoyin halitta kuma yana da acidic (pH < 4). Har yanzu ba a bincika gandun daji da ke kewaye da tafkin sosai ba. Labaran da aka yi Tafkin Tele shine sanannen gidan Mokèlé-mbèmbé (wanda ake zaton babban, ba a san shi ba), kuma ana zaton shi ne wurin da pygmies suka kashe kuma suka ci ɗaya daga cikin halittu, a kusa da 1959. Littafin 1996 Congo Journey, na marubucin tafiye-tafiye na Burtaniya Redmond O'Hanlon, ya bayyana dalla-dalla tafiyarsa ta hanyar Kongo zuwa Tafkin Tele don neman Mokèlé-mbèmbé, tare da ba da cikakken bayani game da fauna, tsire-tsire da al'adun al'adun Kongo da alaƙa da 'yan asalin Pygmy. Muhalli 4,389.6 square kilometres (1,694.8 sq mi) yankin dausayi na Réserve Communautaire du Lac Télé/Likouala-aux-Herbes . Gidan Ramsar ne tun 18 Yuli 1998. Binciken da aka gudanar ta hanyar Wildlife Conservation Society a cikin 2006 da 2007 ya gano fiye da 100,000 da ba a bayar da rahoton ba a baya suna zaune a cikin gandun daji na Lake Tele Community Reserve da kuma makwabta Marantaceae (ƙasa) gandun daji a Jamhuriyar Kongo. Dubi kuma Tafkin Mboukou Manazarta