Lake Bosumtwi

Lake Bosumtwi be de natural lake per insyd Ghana. E dey situate within an ancient impact crater wey be about  insyd diameter."Bosumtwi". LakeNet. Archived from the original on November 28, 2003. Retrieved 2007-02-18. 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.Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemichromis frempongi". FishBase. February 2012 version.Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tilapia busumana". FishBase. February 2012 version.Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tilapia discolor". FishBase. February 2012 version.

 Impact crater 
De Lake Bosumtwi impact crater be  insyd diameter, slightly larger dan de present lake wich be approximately  across, wey dem estimate am e be 1.07 million years old (Pleistocene period)."Bosumtwi". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

De depth of crater be approximately , buh, if dem count togeda plus de depth of lake sediments - .

 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

Category:Ancient lakes
Category:Ashanti Region
Category:Impact crater lakes
Category:Lakes of Ghana
Category:Impact craters of Ghana
Category:Pleistocene impact craters
Category:Sacred lakes