Before You Come To Sumatra, Know How Is The Short Story Of Lake Toba

Lake Toba is a tourist spot that is often visited in North Sumatra because of its natural beauty. To get this place, there are 2 Airport that become the Entrance. It is Kualanamu international airport ocated in Medaan. The other one nearer to Lake toba, it is Silangit airport in Balige.

What is the origin and history of Lake Toba? This morning's story will review it from several sources and research experts. 

The lake is located in the middle of North Sumatra province and is surrounded by seven districts, namely, Samosir, Simalungun, Humbang Hasundutan, Dairi, Karo and Toba Samosir, and North Tapanuli.

Lake Toba Tekto Volcanic

Tekto-volcanic lake is the largest lake in Southeast Asia because it has a length of 87 kilometers, width of 27 kilometers, location of altitude of 904 meters above sea level. And the depth reaches 505 meters.

Geographically, Lake Toba is at coordinates 980,300 to 990,010 East Longitude and 20,240 to 20,480 North Latitudes. This lake is categorized as a wet tropical climate with climate types C to E, the temperature ranges from 170-290 C and air humidity averages 85.04 percent.

From Lake Toba, a large river flows, the Asahan river. This river flows to the lowlands to the Malacca strait waters on the east of the island of Sumatra. The swift flow of the river was finally used by the government as a Hydroelectric Power Plant (PLTA). If ypu want to come and holiday, please book Lake toba tour package in Bintan travel Medan. We offer you the best itynerary and best service even the price.

Early Establishment of Lake Toba Historically, Lake Toba was previously a volcano called Gunung Toba. The information quoted from Sejarahlengkap.com mentions, this mountain has a very large magma bag which if it erupts will produce very high explosive power.

 The Gunung Toba magma bag is supplied by the abundance of melt from continental plates that rub against each other hyperactively, namely the Indo-Australian plate which contains a lot of sediment, and the Eurasian plate which is the seat of Sumatra Island. The location of the two plates is at a depth of 150 km beneath the earth.