Lake Bosumtwi

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. 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. De most popular amongst de villages wer tourists usuallydey settle be Abono. 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. Impact crater 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). 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). References External links Lake Bosomtwe Ecotourism Map and Guide (notice: "Bosomtwe" is the correct spelling according to Kumasi University) Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Lake Bosomtwe Drilling Project Archived 2020-06-18 at the Wayback Machine