Bera Lake

Bera Lake
Coordinates	3°49′00″N 102°25′00″E / 3.81667°N 102.41667°E / 3.81667; 102.41667Coordinates: 3°49′00″N 102°25′00″E / 3.81667°N 102.41667°E / 3.81667; 102.41667
Primary outflows	Pahang River
Basin countries	Malaysia

Max. length	35 km (22 mi)
Max. width	20 km (12 mi)

Bera Lake (Tasik Bera in Malay) is a natural freshwater lake system, located in southwest Pahang, Malaysia in the saddle of the main and eastern mountain ranges of Peninsular Malaysia, extending 35 km long and 20 km wide, drainings into the Pahang River.

As the largest freshwater swamp in Peninsular Malaysia, Tasik Bera or Bera Lake remains both a unique and remote wetland wilderness. Surrounded by a patchwork of dry lowland dipterocarp forests, the lake environment includes islands of peat swamp forests. Rich in wildlife and vegetation, the ecosystem which supports a diversity of animal and plant life, and sustains the livelihood of the Semelai branch of the Orang Asli people inhabiting the wetlands.

It has been protected under the Ramsar Convention since November 1994, which allows traditional use of the area to continue. The core zone consists of 260 km² and the buffer zone of 275 km².

East Coast Economic Region (ECER)

ECER Kelantan	Central Spine Road Gua Musang Kota Bharu Pengkalan Chepa Rantau Panjang Second East–West Highway Sultan Ismail Petra Airport Taman Negara Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

ECER Terengganu	Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Bandar Ketengah Jaya East Coast Expressway Islamic Heritage Park Kemaman Kenyir Lake Kerteh Kerteh-Kuantan Port Railway Line Kuala Terengganu Paka Perhentian Islands Rantau Abang Redang Island Second East–West Highway Sultan Mahmud Airport Taman Negara Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

ECER Pahang	Bandar Indera Mahkota Bandar Muadzam Shah Bandar Pusat Jengka Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Bera Lake Central Spine Road Cherating Chini Lake East Coast Expressway Gambang Gebeng Genting Highlands Jerantut Kerteh-Kuantan Port Railway Line Kuantan Kuantan Port Pekan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport Taman Negara Terminal Kuantan Sentral Tioman Island Universiti Malaysia Pahang

ECER Johor	Endau Endau-Rompin National Park Mersing Pulau Sibu

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