swap_horiz Sundarbans Alternatives

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Atchafalaya Basin

The Atchafalaya Basin is a vast river floodplain and wetland complex in south-central Louisiana, organized around the At...

Largest USA Freshwater Floodplain Louisiana

9.2 Excellent

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Iberá Wetlands

The Iberá Wetlands in northeastern Argentina cover roughly 1.3 million hectares, forming one of South America's largest...

South America Subtropical Argentina Freshwater

9.2 Excellent

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Kaziranga Wetlands

The Kaziranga Wetlands in Assam, India, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site designated in 1985, hosting two-thirds of the w...

India National Park Rhino Floodplain

9.2 Excellent

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Esteros del Iberá

Esteros del Iberá is an extensive freshwater wetland system in Corrientes Province, northeastern Argentina, covering rou...

South America Argentina Freshwater Corrientes

9.2 Excellent

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Mekong Delta Swamps

The Mekong Delta Swamps in southern Vietnam cover roughly 40,000 sq km of wetlands, canals, and mangroves that produce o...

Asia Delta Vietnam Freshwater

8.5 Great

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Bhitarkanika Mangroves

The Bhitarkanika Mangroves in Odisha, India, form the country's second-largest mangrove ecosystem and a Ramsar site decl...

India Coastal Mangrove Odisha

8.4 Great

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La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve

La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve is a protected coastal wetland in Chiapas on Mexico's Pacific coast and has formed part...

Coastal Mangrove Mexico Central America

8.4 Great

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Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve

Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve is a protected coastal wetland on the western side of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Its lag...

Coastal Mangrove Mexico North America

8.4 Great

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Orinoco Delta Swamps

The Orinoco Delta swamps form an extensive complex of flooded forests, marshes, mangroves, and distributary channels whe...

Mangrove South America Delta Venezuela

8.3 Great

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Térraba-Sierpe Wetlands

The Térraba-Sierpe Wetlands occupy the lower Térraba and Sierpe river basins on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast. Thi...

Pacific Coast Mangrove Central America Costa Rica

8.3 Great

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Delta NWR

Delta National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935 near the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana...

Coastal Delta Louisiana Gulf Coast

8.2 Great

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Caroni Swamp

Caroni Swamp is a large mangrove wetland on the Gulf of Paria coast of Trinidad and is protected as a Ramsar site. Its t...

Coastal Mangrove Caribbean Trinidad

8.2 Great

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Jiquilisco Bay Wetlands

The Jiquilisco Bay wetlands form a large estuarine and coastal ecosystem in the department of Usulután on El Salvador's...

Mangrove Central America Ramsar El Salvador

8.1 Great

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Sarstoon-Temash National Park Wetlands

Sarstoon-Temash National Park protects wetlands and lowland forests in the Toledo District of southern Belize, near the...

Remote Mangrove Central America Freshwater

8.0 Great

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St. Clair Flats

The St. Clair Flats form a broad freshwater delta where the St. Clair River divides into distributary channels before en...

Delta Freshwater Great Lakes Waterfowl

7.9 Good

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Niger Delta Swamps

The Niger Delta Swamps in southern Nigeria form one of the world's largest river deltas at roughly 70,000 sq km, compris...

Coastal Mangrove Nigeria West Africa

7.7 Good

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Coringa Mangroves

The Coringa Mangroves at the mouth of the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, India, constitute the second-largest mangrov...

India Coastal Mangrove Wildlife Sanctuary

7.7 Good

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Estero Real Wetlands

The Estero Real wetlands form a mangrove-lined estuary in northwestern Nicaragua that drains toward the Gulf of Fonseca....

Coastal Mangrove Nicaragua Central America

7.7 Good

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Irrawaddy Delta Swamps

The Irrawaddy Delta Swamps in Myanmar span approximately 20,000 sq km of mangroves, tidal flats, and freshwater marshes...

Asia Mangrove Delta Freshwater

7.6 Good

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Artibonite Delta Wetlands

Wetlands in Haiti's Artibonite River delta, one of the country's most agriculturally productive zones, supporting rice c...

Coastal Caribbean Delta Freshwater

6.6 Fair