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    Lake Chilwa

    • Country: 
      Malawi
    • Designation date: 
      14-11-1996
    • Site number: 
      869
    • Published since: 
      27 year(s)
    224,800 ha
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  2. View across the lagoon at low tide, looking north-west.
    Looking south along the edge of the lagoon.
    Musselbeds on the mudflats, looking east.
    Musselbeds on the mudflats, looking east.
    View across the lagoon from the adjacent dunes, looking south-west.
    Remains of the northern, freshwater wetland, looking south.
    Remains of the northern, freshwater wetland, looking south.

    Sandwich Harbour

    • Country: 
      Namibia
    • Designation date: 
      23-08-1995
    • Site number: 
      743
    • Published since: 
      29 year(s)
    16,500 ha
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  3. Lioness on the eastern edge of Etosha Pan near Namutoni. Exceptionally high rainfall in Angola and northern Namibia resulted in the pan filling up.
    The old fort at Namutoni with Fischer's Pan in the foreground, eastern Etosha.
    Giraffe on the edge of Fischer's Pan, eastern Etosha.
    Causeway across Fischer's Pan flooded by exceptionally high water levels.
    Ephemeral waterhole formed during the rainy season.
    View of the eastern edge of Etosha Pan near Namutoni.
    View of the eastern edge of Etosha Pan near Namutoni.
    Blue Cranes on the edge of Etosha Pan near Doringdraai, eastern Etosha.

    Etosha Pan

    • Country: 
      Namibia
    • Designation date: 
      23-08-1995
    • Site number: 
      745
    • Published since: 
      29 year(s)
    600,000 ha
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  4. The new sewage settling ponds in the dunes to the east of Walvis Bay (not part of the Ramsar site).
    Counting birds at the new sewage settling ponds.
    Flamingos and other waders at the new sewage settling ponds with the town of Walvis Bay in the background.
    Flamingos and waders in the Walvis Bay lagoon.
    The Walvis Bay salt works are within the Ramsar site.
    "Bird Paradise" sewage settling ponds (not part of the Ramsar site). These have since been drained because of an alleged mosquito problem.
    View across the Walvis Bay lagoon, looking west.

    Walvis Bay

    • Country: 
      Namibia
    • Designation date: 
      23-08-1995
    • Site number: 
      742
    • Published since: 
      29 year(s)
    12,600 ha
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    Cache River and Cypress Creek Wetlands

    • Country: 
      United States of America
    • Designation date: 
      01-11-1994
    • Site number: 
      711
    • Published since: 
      10 year(s)
    24,281 ha
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  6. Fleuve Rio Pongo
    Fleuve Rio Pongo
    Fleuve Rio Pongo

    Rio Pongo

    • Country: 
      Guinea
    • Designation date: 
      18-11-1992
    • Site number: 
      574
    • Published since: 
      7 year(s)
    600,571 ha
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    Konkouré

    • Country: 
      Guinea
    • Designation date: 
      18-11-1992
    • Site number: 
      575
    • Published since: 
      31 year(s)
    90,000 ha
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  8. Rio Kpatchèz ( plaine de Wamounou)
    Rio Kpatchèz ( plaine de Wamounou)
    Rio Kpatchèz ( plaine de Wamounou)
    Rio Kpatchèz ( plaine de Wamounou)
    Rio Kpatchèz ( plaine de Wamounou)

    Rio Kapatchez

    • Country: 
      Guinea
    • Designation date: 
      18-11-1992
    • Site number: 
      573
    • Published since: 
      7 year(s)
    679,280 ha
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    Delaware Bay Estuary

    • Country: 
      United States of America
    • Designation date: 
      20-05-1992
    • Site number: 
      559
    • Published since: 
      32 year(s)
    51,252 ha
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    Kafue Flats

    • Country: 
      Zambia
    • Designation date: 
      28-08-1991
    • Site number: 
      530
    • Published since: 
      17 year(s)
    600,500 ha
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