Golfo de Montijo
- Country:Panama
- Site number:510
- Area:80,765 ha
- Designation date:26-11-1990
- Coordinates:07°45'N 81°06'W
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Overview
Golfo de Montijo. 26/11/90; Veraguas; 80,765 ha; 07°45'N 081°07'W. An extensive complex of coastal wetlands, estuarine waters, beaches, several species of mangroves, marshes, seasonally flooded grassland, irrigated agricultural land, and rice fields. The area supports an important traditional fishery, numerous species of nesting and wintering waterbirds, various mammals and reptiles. Human activities include hunting and mangrove felling. Ramsar site no. 510. Most recent RIS information: 1990.
Administrative region:
Veraguas
- Last publication date:26-11-1990