Lutembe Bay

Lutembe Bay
Coordinates 0°09′15″N 32°34′05″E / 0.1541°N 32.5681°E / 0.1541; 32.5681Coordinates: 0°09′15″N 32°34′05″E / 0.1541°N 32.5681°E / 0.1541; 32.5681
Basin countries Uganda
Surface area 800 hectares (3.1 sq mi)
Surface elevation 1,130 metres (3,710 ft)
Official name Lutembe Bay Wetland System
Designated 15 September 2006
Reference no. 1637[1]

Lutembe Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria.

Conservation

Lutumbe Bay is one of Uganda's 33 Important Bird Areas and since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance.[2] The bay is notable for its population of as many as 1.5m white-winged tern.[3]

in 2013 a portion of the wetland was illegally filled with soil by the flower export giant Rosebud Ltd.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lutembe Bay Wetland System". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. "The Annotated Ramsar List: Uganda". Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Byaruhanga, Achilles; Kasoma, Pantaleon; Pomeroy, Derek. "Uganda" (PDF). Country Profiles. BirdLife International. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Muhumuza, Rodney (15 August 2013). "Uganda loses wetland to rose farming business". Miami Herald. AP. Retrieved 16 August 2013.


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