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Lake in Burkina Faso
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
Ramsar Wetland
Designated27 June 1990
Reference no.490

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

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.
Lakes of Burkina Faso


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