Mare aux Hippopotames

Lake and national park in Burkina Faso

Mare aux Hippopotames

Map at entrance

Location| Burkina Faso
Nearest city| Bala
Area| 163 km2
Established| 1937

Ramsar Wetland

Designated| 27 June 1990
Reference no.| 491[1]

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[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Mare aux Hippopotames at Birdlife.org
* Mare aux Hippopotames at UNESCO
* Media related to Mare aux Hippopotames at Wikimedia Commons

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Protected areas of Burkina Faso

National parks|

* Deux Balés
* Kaboré Tambi
* Mare aux Hippopotames
* W of the Niger

Complete reserves|

* Arli
* Bontioli
* Madjoari
* Singou

Partial reserves|

* Kourtiagaou
* Nakéré
* Pama
* Sahel

Protected forests|

* Boulon
* Dibon
* Dida
* Diéfoula
* Koflandé
* Laba
* Logoniégué
* Mou
* Pâ

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Lakes of Burkina Faso

* Bam
* Dem
* Higa
* Kompienga
* Mare aux Hippopotames
* Mare d'Oursi
* Tengrela

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