- Lake Tele
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cities =Lake Tele is a freshwater
lake located in the north-east of the Congolese jungle. Lake Tele is located at coord|1|20|N|17|9|E|type:waterbody_region:CG.It has often been mentioned as the home of the
Mokèlé-mbèmbé (purportedly a large, unidentified reptilian creature), and is also allegedly the spot wherepygmies killed and ate one of the creatures in about 1959. The lake is surrounded by swamp forests that have not yet been exhaustively explored.The book 'Congo Journey'(1996) by
Redmond O'Hanlon , the British travel writer, describes in some detail his journey through Congo to Lake Tele in search of Mokèlé-mbèmbé, as well as giving a rich description of local fauna, flora and Congolese cultural practices and relations with the indigenous Pygmy peoples.References
*http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/congo.gorillas/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
*cite journal
journal=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science
volume = 325
issue = 1
year = 1997
doi = 10.1016/S1251-8050(97)83272-7
title = Reconnaissance scientifique du lac Télé (Nord-Congo) —Premiers résultats et interprétations
author =Alain Laraque, Bernard Pouyaud, Isabelle Chaffaut, Jean-Marie Moutsambote, Bienvenu Maziezoula, Claude Censier, Yves Albouy, Hilaire Elenga, Henri Etchebe, Mireille Delaune, Francis Sondag and Françoise Gasse
pages = 49–56
*cite journal
journal=Journal of Hydrology
volume = 207
issue = 3-4
year = 1998
doi = 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00137-1
title = Origin and function of a closed depression in equatorial humid zones: The Lake Télé in North Congo
author =Alain Laraque, Bernard Pouyaud, Robert Rocchia, Eric Robin, Isabelle Chaffaut, Jean Marie Moutsambote, Bienvenu Maziezoula, Claude Censier, Yves Albouy, Hilaire Elenga, Henri Etcheber, Mireille Delaune, Francis Sondag and Françoise Gasse
pages = 236–253
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