Mare aux Hippopotames

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Mare aux Hippopotames
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Map at entrance
LocationBurkina Faso
Nearest city
Area163 km²
Established1937
Designated27 June 1990
Reference no.491[1]
Mare aux Hippopotames is located in Burkina Faso
Mare aux Hippopotames
Mare aux Hippopotames
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11°36′43″N 3°55′00″W / 11.61194°N 3.91667°W / 11.61194; -3.91667

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] It is located about 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Bobo-Dioulasso, and is itself about 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi) in size.

Mare aux Hippopotames is among the wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention.[2]

Mare aux Hippopotames

References[]

  1. ^ "La Mare aux hippopotames". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1991). Protected areas of the world: a review of national systems, Volume 2. IUCN. p. 10. ISBN 2-8317-0092-2.

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