Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve
| Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
| Location | French Guiana, France |
| Nearest city | Kaw |
| Coordinates | 4°39′14″N 52°04′38″W / 4.6538°N 52.0771°W |
| Area | 947 km2 (366 sq mi)[1] |
| Established | 13 March 1998[2] |
| Governing body | Regional Natural Park of French Guiana |
| Website | Marais-kaw.com (in French) |
| Official name | Marais De Kaw |
| Designated | 8 December 1993 |
| Reference no. | 644[3] |
The Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve (French: Réserve naturelle nationale des marais de Kaw-Roura) is in French Guiana. It is a wetland. People use boats to go there.[4] People sometimes call the reserve "the Everglades of Guiana."[5]
Overview
The Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve has marshland, mangrove forests, savannas, and tropical rainforests.[4] The reserve is 94,700 hectares in size.[6] It is the largest wetland in French Guiana. It is from Roura to Régina, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazonian rainforest. The Kaw River, the Approuague, and the Angélique Creek flow into the wetland.[7]
The Kaw-Roura Marshland has been a Ramsar site since 1993,[3] and it has been a nature reserve since 1998.[2]
The village of Kaw is in the reserve.[6]
Plants and animals
More than half the protected species in French Guiana live in the Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve, for example the black caiman, manatees, the giant otter, the jaguar, and the matamata turtle.[4]
Many birds come to the reserve; 535 bird species.[4] Many birds come there to spend the winter or lay eggs.[3] The agami heron, the great egret, the cock-of-the-rock, and the crested eagle all live in the reserve.[4]
References
- ↑ "Marais De Kaw-Roura". Protected Planet. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Décret no 98-166 du 13 mars 1998 portant création de la réserve naturelle des marais de Kaw-Roura (Guyane)". Government of the French Republic (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Marais De Kaw". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Marais de Kaw-Roura". Reserves Naturelles (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Guide Kaw". Petit Futé (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Marais de Kaw – Réserve Naturelle en Guyane". Marais-Kaw.com (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Kaw, la Guyane côté marais". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
Other websites
- Official website (in French)
- Media related to Réserve naturelle nationale des marais de Kaw-Roura at Wikimedia Commons