Mabamba Bay | |
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Coordinates | 0°5′N32°20′E / 0.083°N 32.333°E |
Basin countries | Uganda |
Surface area | 16,500 hectares (64 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 1,130 metres (3,710 ft) |
Official name | Mabamba Bay Wetland System |
Designated | 15 September 2006 |
Reference no. | 1638 [1] |
Mabamba Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria, northwest of the Entebbe peninsula in a village called Kasanje. [2] [3] It covers an area of 2424 ha and is a home to over 300 bird species. [4] Mabamba Swamp is famous for lungfish which is known as mamba in native language(Luganda). [5]
Mabamba is one of Uganda's 33 Important Bird Areas and since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance. [6] Key protected bird species in Mabamba are the shoebill, the blue swallow and the papyrus gonolek. [7]
Mabamba swamp was internationally recognized by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands the status of a ‘Wetland of International Importance’ since it contains globally threatened species in 2006. [8]
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