List of Ramsar areas in Namibia

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Ramsar areas in Namibia are protected wetlands in Namibia according to the Ramsar Convention, which was concluded in 1971 . These are of international importance, according to the intention of the international international treaty in particular as a habitat for water and wading birds .

Namibia currently has four Ramsar areas (as of 2008) with an area of ​​3,012,300 hectares (ha).

List of Ramsar areas

(TRS) = cross-border

Name of the area location Coordinates Size
in ha 		Height in
m above sea level 		Expulsion
date 		Number of birds
Walvis Bay wetland Walvis Bay , Erongo 22 ° 58 ′ 32 "  S , 14 ° 27 ′ 18.5"  E 12,600 Sea level June 19, 1995 70,000-240,000
Sandwich Harbor south of Walvis Bay, Erongo 23 ° 9 '55 "  S , 14 ° 27" 10.3 "  E 16,500 Sea level June 19, 1995 75,000-400,000
Orange Estuary (TRS) ǁKaras 28 ° 35 ′ 52.7 "  S , 16 ° 27 ′ 16.2"  E 500 Sea level June 19, 1995
Etosha Pan , Cuvelai , Lake Oponono North central Namibia 18 ° 45 ′ 39.2 ″  S , 16 ° 20 ′ 20.6 ″  E 18 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  S , 15 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  E
 600,000 1200 June 19, 1995
Lower Okavango-Bwabwata Bwabwata National Park 17 ° 57 '54.6 "  S , 22 ° 25' 46.4"  E 46,964 January 21, 2014

Swell:

gallery

  • Edge of the Etosha pan

  • Sandwich Harbor

  • Walvis Bay wetland

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nam shows commitment to Ramsar Convention The Namibian, January 22, 2014, p. 7
  2. ↑ Namibia has designated its fifth Ramsar Site, Bwabwata - Okavango. Namibia Nature Foundation, January 21, 2014 ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 24, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nnf.org.na
  3. ↑ Ramsar areas in Namibia, as of 2008
  4. ^ Mary Seely, John Pallett: Namib - Secrets of a desert uncovered. Venture Publications, Windhoek 2008, ISBN 978-3-941602-06-9 , p. 44.