[:ja]トマ・ペスケ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したタンザニアのムテラ貯水池です。
発電容量80MWの水力発電所のあるムテラダムはムテラ貯水池に設置され、56km x 15kmの広さを有します。グレートルアハ川とキシゴ川がムテラ貯水池に流れ込み、水の供給源となっています。貯水池には無数の朽ち木が堆積し、タンザニアでも有数の鳥の繁殖地、多様な魚類の生息地として知られています。
参考文献： Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
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[Earthview Wonders] No.1306: Mtera Reservoir🇹🇿
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured from ISS Mtera Reservoir, Tanzania.
Mtera Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in Tanzania. It measures 660km2 at full capacity. The lake is 56km long, and 15km wide, and is feed by the Great Ruaha River and the Kisigo River. It was built from 1975 to 1979 for the purpose of regulating water level at the downstream at the Ruaha installed Kidatu Hydro-electric Dam. It has a capacity of 80MW. The lake is considered to be one of the best places in Tanzania to observe birds, since there are approximately one million dead trees in it and it has many shallow areas. In addition, the waters are rich in fish. In the early 1990s about 5000 tonnes of fish were caught in the lake.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Thomas Pesquet’s Tweet
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