Deltas of Rud-e-Gaz and Rud-e-Hara

Deltas of Rud-e-Gaz and Rud-e-Hara

Country:
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Site number:
52
Area:
15,000.0 ha
Designation date:
23-06-1975
Coordinates:
26°40'N 57°20'E

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Deltas of Rud-e-Gaz & Rud-e-Hara. 23/06/75; Bandar-e Abbas; 15,000 ha; 26°40'N 057°20'E. An extensive complex of tidal mudflats, creeks, saltmarshes, mangroves, sandbanks and offshore islands at the mouth of two rivers. A remote area with sparse human population and an extremely arid, low-lying hinterland. The site is important for wintering waterbirds. Ramsar site no. 52. Most recent RIS information: 1997.
Administrative region: Hormuzgan
National legal designation:
  • none
Last publication date: 01-01-1997
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