swap_horiz Elephant Marsh Alternatives

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Bangweulu Wetlands

The Bangweulu Wetlands represent a vast freshwater marshland within Zambia’s floodplain. This protected area is notable...

Freshwater Protected Floodplain Zambia

8.7 Great

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Macquarie Marshes

The Macquarie Marshes is a significant floodplain wetland located in inland New South Wales, Australia. It’s recognized...

Australia Floodplain Inland New South Wales

8.3 Great

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Horicon Marsh

Horicon Marsh is a significant freshwater wetland in Wisconsin, USA. Designated a Ramsar site, it’s renowned for its exc...

USA Wildlife Freshwater Wisconsin

8.3 Great

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Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary

The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary is a significant freshwater wetland located in Mindanao, Philippines. This expansive...

Philippines Freshwater Protected Ramsar

8.1 Great

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Tanguar Haor

Tanguar Haor is a significant floodplain marsh located in northeast Bangladesh. It’s notable for being one of the larges...

Freshwater Bangladesh Floodplain Ramsar

8.0 Great

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Kawainui Marsh

Kawainui Marsh is a significant freshwater marsh located on Oahu, Hawaii. It’s notable as one of the largest remaining n...

USA Hawaii Cultural Freshwater

8.0 Great

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Liguasan Marsh

Liguasan Marsh is an extensive river swamp and marshland on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as a cruc...

Large Philippines Freshwater Floodplain

7.9 Good

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Hula Nature Reserve

Hula Nature Reserve is a restored wetland in northern Israel, established in 1964 to protect the ecosystem after the his...

Israel Restored Freshwater Ramsar

7.9 Good

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Delta Marsh

Delta Marsh is a large, globally significant coastal wetland in Manitoba, Canada, recognized as a Ramsar site in 1982 fo...

Canada Freshwater Ramsar Manitoba

7.8 Good

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Hakaluki Haor

Hakaluki Haor is a major wetland ecosystem in Bangladesh, notable for being one of the largest inland water bodies in th...

Wetland Freshwater Bangladesh Floodplain

7.7 Good

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Upo Wetland

Upo Wetland is a complex of marshes in South Korea, recognized as the country's largest inland wetland and designated a...

Wetland South Korea Freshwater Inland

7.7 Good

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Cienaga de Zapatosa

Cienaga de Zapatosa is the largest marsh complex in Colombia's interior, formed by the Cesar River flowing into the Magd...

Colombia Freshwater Floodplain Magdalena

7.6 Good

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Ouse Washes

Ouse Washes is a designated flood plain in Cambridgeshire, England, engineered in the 17th century to manage overflow, a...

England Freshwater Floodplain Ramsar

7.6 Good

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Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands

The Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands are the last remnants of the historic Carrum Carrum Swamp in Victoria, Australia, designa...

Australia Urban Victoria Freshwater

7.4 Good

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Nene Washes

The Nene Washes is a flood storage area in Cambridgeshire, England, that functions as a vital wetland grassland ecosyste...

England Freshwater Floodplain Ramsar

7.4 Good

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Marjal de Pego-Oliva

Marjal de Pego-Oliva is a freshwater coastal marshland in eastern Spain that was declared a natural park to protect its...

Spain Freshwater Valencia Ramsar

7.3 Good

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Apsley Marshes

Apsley Marshes is a crucial estuarine wetland located in Tasmania, Australia, recognized under the Ramsar Convention in...

Australia Coastal Tasmania Freshwater

7.2 Good

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Dragoman Marsh

Dragoman Marsh is a karst wetland complex located in western Bulgaria, notable for being the largest limestone marsh on...

Karst Restored Bulgaria Freshwater

7.2 Good

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Pallikaranai Marsh

Pallikaranai Marsh is a significant freshwater wetland in Chennai, India, designated as a protected reserve in 2007 desp...

India Urban Freshwater Ramsar

7.2 Good

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Palude Brabbia

Palude Brabbia is a peat bog and nature reserve in the Lombardy region of Italy, recognized as an internationally import...

Italy Freshwater Ramsar Lombardy

6.9 Fair