Mare aux Hippopotames

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

Mare aux Hippopotames

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.^{[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.^[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

v t e 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

v t e Lakes of Burkina Faso

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

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