Lake Duluti

{{Infobox lake

| name = Lake Duluti

| image = Lake Duluti.jpg

| alt = Circular volcano crater lake with sharp tree covered cliff banks and other volcanos in background.

| caption = Lake Duluti

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| location = Arusha District

| coords = {{coord|-3.386|36.789|display=title}}

| type = Natural freshwater lake, volcanic crater lake

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| pushpin_map=Tanzania

| pushpin_map_alt = Located in Northern Tanzania near Kenya border.

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| basin_countries = Tanzania

| length = {{convert|1.11|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|0.73|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|0.6|km2|abbr=on}}Nancy P. Mduma, Hans C. Komakech, Jing Zhang and Alfred N. Muzuka, "APPLICATION OF ISOTOPES AND WATER BALANCE ON LAKE DULUTI-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION, ARUSHA, TANZANIA," Manuscript under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, published 8 June 2016, p. 3, online at https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2016-176/hess-2016-176.pdf .

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| max-depth = {{convert|9|m|abbr=on}}Mduma, et al., p. 3.

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| elevation = {{convert|1290|m|abbr=on}}Mduma, et al., p. 3.

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Lake Duluti is a volcanic crater lake in the Arusha region{{Cite web|url=http://arusha.go.tz/|title=Arusha Region}} of Tanzania, on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. It is located in Meru District near the town of Tengeru and is {{convert|14|km}} from Arusha city centre and {{convert|1.31|km}} from the Arusha-Moshi road.

Lake Duluti covers about {{convert|63|ha|acre}}, and the surrounding Duluti Forestry Reserve covers about {{convert|19|ha|acre}} of land. The deepest part of the lake, in its center, is about {{convert|9|m|abbr=on}} deep; the shallow parts are at the lake's shore, where the depth varies from side to side. A road from the Arusha-Moshi road leads to a restaurant on the Northern shore of the lake, where canoes can be hired. {{Cite web|url=http://lost-inafrica.blogspot.de/2012/04/lake-duluti-forest-reserve-19-63.html|title=lake duluti}}

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