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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
Map at entrance
LocationBurkina Faso
Nearest cityBala
Area163 km²
Established1937
Ramsar Wetland
Designated27 June 1990
Reference no.491[1]
Mare aux Hippopotames
11°36′43″N 3°55′00″W

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

Mare aux Hippopotames
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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