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Mare d'Oursi

Coordinates: 14°38′N 0°30′W / 14.633°N 0.500°W / 14.633; -0.500
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Mare d'Oursi
Location of Mare d'Oursi in Burkina Faso.
Location of Mare d'Oursi in Burkina Faso.
Mare d'Oursi
LocationOudalan Province, Burkina Faso
Coordinates14°38′N 0°30′W / 14.633°N 0.500°W / 14.633; -0.500
Basin countriesBurkina Faso
Designated27 June 1990
Reference no.490[1]

The Mare d'Oursi is a small, shallow lake in Oudalan Province in northern Burkina Faso, close to the town of Oursi.[2] It is included in the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.[3]

References

  1. ^ "La Mare d'Oursi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Mepham, Robert; R. H. Hughes; J. S. Hughes (1992). A directory of African wetlands. IUCN. p. 316. ISBN 2-88032-949-3.
  3. ^ 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.

Further reading

  • Claude, Jacques; Michel Grouzis; Pierre Milleville (1991). Un Espace Sahélien: la Mare d'Oursi, Burkina Faso (in French). IRD Editions. ISBN 2-7099-1067-5.