Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary

Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1981 som naturarv i Senegal. Platsen hör till regionen Africa.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 1981.

UNESCOSituated in the Senegal River delta, the Djoudj Sanctuary is a wetland of 16,000 ha, comprising a large lake surrounded by streams, ponds and backwaters. It forms a living but fragile sanctuary for some 1.5 million birds, such as the white pelican, the purple heron, the African spoonbill, the great egret and the cormorant.