Mare aux Hippopotames

Mare aux Hippopotames
Map at entrance
Location	Burkina Faso
Nearest city	Bala
Area	163 km²
Established	1937

11°36′43″N 3°55′00″W / 11.61194°N 3.91667°W

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. 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.^[1]

Mare aux Hippopotames

References

↑ 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

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

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

Lakes of Burkina Faso

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

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