Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Aguapés na Transpantaneira de Poconé-MT Jerffersoney Garcia Costa This image was taken at my hometown in Kisumu, Kenya on Lake Victoria. The image shows a fisherman heading to work. Yvonne Lyra Aoko Were Lake Synevyr Synevyr - the largest natural lake in the Ukrainian Carpathians, one of Seven Wonders of Ukraine. It lies between the mountains, among spruce forest at an altitude of 989 meters above sea level, near the village of Polyana Synevyrska. Besides the well-known version of the formation of the lake that caused by the legendary figures of the Syn’ and Vir, scientists says that lake was formed as a result of rock falls that blocked the valley of mountain streams. It happened about 10 - 11 thousand years ago. And now we have the opportunity to admire a lake with an island in the middle. Maryana Herba Fotografía que resalta los humedales Altoandinos, denominados locamente como Bofedales, del Parque Nacional Sajama. En la región prestan importantes e insustituibles servicios ecosistémicos, como ser: provisión de agua dulce, provisión de forraje, regulación de regímenes hidrológicos y hábitat de biodiversidad, entre otros. Irina Cabrerizo Suaznabar Women taking a bath in Begnas lake, Nepal. Rishav Adhikari Ramsar Convention Aerial view of the Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Hooded cranes foraging Flamingos enjoying the solitude of the highlands in Laguna del Negro Francisco Ramsar Site, Parque Nacional Nevado de Tres Cruces, Chile. Vicente Weippert Lew Young Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary Ramsar Site The Jagadishpur Reservoir Ramsar Site supplies approximately 40,000 people with water Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site is situated at the mouth of Lake Victoria's Murchison Bay, this shallow area is almost completely cut-off from the main body of Lake Victoria by a C. papyrus island. Laura Máiz-Tomé The system plays an important hydrological role, with the swamps surrounding the Murchison Bay acting as natural filters for silt, sediments and excess nutrients in surface run-off, wastewaters from industries, and sewage from Kampala City. Laura Máiz-Tomé The site supports globally threatened species of birds, endangered Cichlid fish, and over 100 butterfly species, including three rare ones. It is a breeding ground for Clarias and lungfish, and regularly supports more than 52% of the White-winged Black Terns (Chlidonias leucopterus) population. Laura Máiz-Tomé Laura Máiz-Tomé Laura Máiz-Tomé Flamingos at the Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud (Ramsar Site no.53) Gavkhouni Lake Given its huge biodiversity value, the lake was declared Ramsar Site in 1990 Jammu and Kashmir Ministry for forests, environment and ecology A wetland in Dhaka, many kinds of birds can bee seen here, especially birds like Great egret, Little Cormorant, Lesser Whistling Duck, Asian Openbill etc. People of this area are very conscious about these wild lives...I call it a Piece of Heaven. Shahriar Aman Bolle di Magadino - 20150301 Giulia Guldimann