词条 | Mare aux Hippopotames |
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| name = Mare aux Hippopotames | iucn_category = | photo = MareAuxHippos MS 2027.jpg | photo_width=200 | photo_alt= | photo_caption = Map at entrance | location = Burkina Faso | nearest_city = Bala
The Mare aux Hippopotames (Lake of Hippopotamuses) is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation. The park was created around a freshwater lake and includes surrounding pools and marches in the flood plain of the Black Volta River, and surrounding forests. The park is home to about 100 hippos; about 1000 eco-tourists visit each year.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} It is located about {{Convert|60|km|mi|sp=us}} north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about {{Convert|163|km2|sqmi|}} in size. Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention.[2] References1. ^{{Cite web|title=La Mare aux hippopotames|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/491|accessdate=25 April 2018}} 2. ^{{Cite book | last = World Conservation Monitoring Centre | title = Protected areas of the world: a review of national systems, Volume 2 | publisher = IUCN | year = 1991 | pages = 10 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=GAtfSkr1q6sC&pg=PT10 | isbn =2-8317-0092-2 }} External links
7 : National parks of Burkina Faso|Ramsar sites in Burkina Faso|Biosphere reserves of Burkina Faso|Lakes of Burkina Faso|Protected areas established in 1937|Important Bird Areas of Burkina Faso|1937 establishments in Africa |
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