Lake Kwangpo
Lake in North Korea
39°46′00″N 127°28′00″E / 39.76667°N 127.46667°E / 39.76667; 127.46667 Lake Kwangpo lies near the coast of South Hamgyong Province of North Korea. A 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) site encompassing the lake, including adjacent rice paddies and the 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre) Lake Kwangpo Protected Area, has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of various water- and wetland birds. Birds for which the site is of conservation significance include swan geese, greater white-fronted geese, mute swans, whooper swans, grey herons, Swinhoe's rails, white-naped cranes and red-crowned cranes.[1]
References
- ^ "Lake Kwangpo". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
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Important Bird Areas of North Korea
- Amrok River estuary
- Anbyon Field
- Batoggisem, Dansem and Zamori Islands
- Chongchon River
- Chongdan Field
- Daedong Bay
- Dok-do
- Kangryong Field
- Kumya Bay
- Lake Bujon
- Lake Kwangpo
- Lakes Manpo and Bonpo
- Lake Rangrim
- Lake Samilpo
- Lakes Tungjong and Chonapo
- Mayang Reservoir
- Mount Chilbo
- Mount Kumgang
- Mount Kuwol
- Mount Myohyang
- Mount Oga
- Mount Paekdu
- Oksem, Dongsolbatsem, Sesolbatsem and Namsolbatsem Islands
- Onchon Field
- Ongjin Bay
- Orangchon River estuary
- Panmun Field
- Rab-do and Muki-do Islands
- Ryonghung Gang estuary
- Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo Islands
- Taedong River estuary
- Unmu-do
- Unryul Kumsanpo
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