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A pair of fulvous whistling ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) at Wasit Wetland CentreWasit Wetland Centre is a conservation area in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.It preserves an area of a type of wetland (sabkha or salt plain) once common along the western coastal plains of the UAE and consists of a visitor centre with viewing points to both captive and wild birds, as well as extensive areas of ...
Pages in category "Wetlands of Ontario" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Wawanosh Nature Centre: Belgrave: Southwestern Ontario: website, operated by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority in the Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre: Midland: Central Ontario: 3,000 acres of wetlands, fen and forest, includes live animals, trails, canoeing and kayaking routes, an observation tower and ...
Loon Lake Wetland: 372 ha (920 acres) 2001 Louck Lake Wetland: 265 ha (650 acres) 2002 Low/Bell: 5,576 ha (13,780 acres) 2004 Lower Moon River: 2,723 ha (6,730 acres) 2001 Lower Twin Lake: 377 ha (930 acres) 2004 Mac's Bay: 290 ha (720 acres) 1997 MacLennan Esker Forest: 368 ha (910 acres) 2002 Magpie River Terraces: 2,088 ha (5,160 acres) 2002
The Sifton Bog Environmentally Significant Area is a wetland jointly administered by the city of London, Ontario and the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. It is located west of Hyde Park Road and south of Oxford Street inside the city limits of London, Southern Ontario, Canada. It is a Class 2 provincially significant wetland. [1]
The entire area drains into the bay through rivers such as the Churchill, Severn, and Attawapiskat. The region is located in the extreme north of Ontario, extending into both Manitoba to the west and Quebec in the east, and covers around 25 percent of Ontario's total land area (approximately 228,400 km 2).
Other wetlands on the Oak Ridges Moraine include: the New Scotland Wetland Complex, consisting of fifteen wetlands that are 61.2% swamp, 37.1% marsh, and 1.7% bog; [12] the Eaton Hall Lake Wetland, consisting of eight separate wetlands that are 52.7% swamp and 47.3% marsh; [13] the King Creek Marsh, consisting entirely of marsh wetland; [14 ...
Minesing Wetlands is an important staging area for thousands of migratory waterfowl, [7] and is the largest wintering ground for white-tailed deer. [7] It supports numerous plant species which are at the extremities of their natural range, including those indigenous to the arctic tundra in the north and the Carolinian forests to the south, and ...