Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
has six (6) designated
Ramsar sites. Five (5) wetlands along the coast and one (1) in the interior region.
Greater Accra
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Densu Delta Ramsar Site
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Sakumono Ramsar Site
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Songor Ramsar Site
Volta Region
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Keta Lagoon
Keta Lagoon, also called Anlo-Keta lagoon, is the largest of the over 90 lagoons that cover the 550 km stretch of the coastline of Ghana. This lagoon is 126.13 km in length. It is located in the eastern coast of Ghana and separated from ...
Ashanti Region
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Owabi
Central Region
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Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site
See also
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List of national parks of Ghana
Ghana has a large system of 21 protected areas which include 7 national parks, 6 Resource Reserves, 2 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 1 Strict Nature Reserve and 5 coastal wetlands.
National parks
*Bia National Park
* Bui National Park
* Digya Nationa ...
References
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Ramsar sites
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O)
*** Permanent 8 ha (P)
*** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts)
** Marshes on inorganic soils:
*** Permanent (herb dominated) (Tp)
*** P ...