Banc d’Arguin National Park

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national park

Banc d’Arguin National Park is a vast coastal protected area in Mauritania renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, extensive wetlands, and critical role as a breeding and wintering site for millions of migratory birds.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Banc d’Arguin National Nature Reserve 1
Banc d’Arguin National Park canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
area approximately 1,200,000 hectares ⓘ
approximately 12,000 square kilometres ⓘ
birdMigrationImportance critical breeding site for coastal and marine birds ⓘ
major wintering site for Palearctic migratory waders ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
conservationObjective protection of marine and coastal biodiversity ⓘ
protection of migratory bird habitats ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ
designationYear 1976 ⓘ
fishingRegime traditional non-motorized fishing only in core areas ⓘ
governedBy Parc National du Banc d’Arguin authority ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coastal wetland ⓘ
desert coastline ⓘ
intertidal mudflat ⓘ
sandbank ⓘ
seagrass bed ⓘ
shallow marine waters ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Imraguen people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostsSpeciesGroup marine fish ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
waders ⓘ
importantForSpecies Eurasian spoonbill NERFINISHED ⓘ
bar-tailed godwit NERFINISHED ⓘ
dolphins ⓘ
greater flamingo ⓘ
green turtle ⓘ
red knot NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Canary Current upwelling system NERFINISHED ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor extensive wetlands ⓘ
important fish nursery grounds ⓘ
large populations of migratory birds ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
languageOfToponym French ⓘ
locatedBetween Nouadhibou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nouakchott NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic coast of Mauritania ⓘ
nativeName Parc national du Banc d’Arguin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf East Atlantic Flyway for migratory birds NERFINISHED ⓘ
RamsarSite true ⓘ
supportsTraditionalActivity artisanal fishing ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1989 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Banc d’Arguin National Park ⓘ
French Atlantic coast → hasProtectedArea → Banc d’Arguin National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banc d’Arguin National Nature Reserve