Verlorenvlei

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Verlorenvlei

  • Country: 
    South Africa
  • Site number: 
    525
  • Area: 
    1,500 ha
  • Designation date: 
    28-06-1991
  • Coordinates: 
    32°20'S 18°25'E
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Overview

Verlorenvlei. 28/06/91; Western Cape; 1,500 ha; 32°24'S 018°26'E. One of the largest lakes (and one of the country's few coastal freshwater lakes), with associated scrub, shrubland, dune systems, marshland and reedbeds representing a transition zone between two plant communities. The site is an important feeding area for rare pelicans and fish, for molting and breeding birds, as well as for staging wading birds. During dry periods, large numbers of flamingos gather. The site also supports notable plant species. Water is pumped for irrigation purposes, and the marshland is used for cattle grazing. Ramsar site no. 525. Most recent RIS information: 1990.

Administrative region: 
Western Cape

  • National legal designation: 
    • none
  • Last publication date: 
    28-06-1991

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