Research Article
Soil Water Characteristics of Gleysols in the Bamenda (Cameroon) Wetlands and Implications for Agricultural Management Strategies
Table 9
List of Ramsar sites in Cameroon [
15].
| S/N | Site | Ramsar identifier | Designation date | Region | Geographic coordinates | Altitude (m) | Surface area (km2) |
| 1 | Waza-Logone floodplain | 1609 | 26/05/2006 | Extreme North | 11° 37′ 59′ North, 14° 37′ 01′ East | 300 | 6000 | 2 | Barombi-Mbo Lake | 1643 | 8/10’2006 | South west | 4° 40′ 01′ North, 9° 22′ 59′ East | 301–400 | 4.15 | 3 | Cameroon section of the Sangha River | 1739 | 2/02/2008 | East | 1° 49′ 59′ North, 16° 01′ 59′ East | 350–700 | 62 | 4 | Cameroon section of Lake Chad | 1903 | 2/02/2010 | Extreme North | 12° 46′ 01′ North, 14° 18′ 00′ East | 160–280 | 125 | 5 | Rio Del Rey Estuary | 1908 | 20/05/2010 | South West | 4° 37′ 01′ North, 8° 43′ 01′ East | 5 | 1650 | 6 | Cameroon section of the Ntem River | 2067 | 5/06/2012 | South | 2° 22′ 44′ North, 10° 33′ 14′ East | 400–526 | 398.48 | 7 | Ebogo Humid Zone | 2028 | 6/05/ 2012 | Centre | 3° 23′ 10′ North, 11° 29′ 20′ East | 630–670 | 30.97 |
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