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Coordinates: 0°5′N 32°20′E

Mabamba Bay
Mabamba Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria,
northwest of the Entebbe peninsula.
Mabamba Bay

Conservation
Mabamba is one of Uganda's 33 Important Bird Areas and
since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international
importance.[2] Key protected bird species in Mabamba are
the shoebill, the blue swallow and the papyrus gonolek.[3]

References
1. "Mabamba Bay Wetland System" (https://rsis.ramsar.or
g/ris/1638). Ramsar Sites Information Service.
Retrieved 25 April 2018.
Coordinates 0°5′N 32°20′E
2. Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. "The Annotated
Ramsar List: Uganda" (https://web.archive.org/web/201 Basin countries Uganda
30107023855/http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-pu
Surface area 16,500 hectares
bs-notes-annotated-ramsar-15873/main/ramsar/1-30-1
68%5E15873_4000_0__). Archived from the original (h (64 sq mi)
ttp://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-pubs-notes-annota Surface 1,130 metres
ted-ramsar-15873/main/ramsar/1-30-168%5E15873_4 elevation (3,710 ft)
000_0__) on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
3. Byaruhanga, Achilles; Kasoma, Pantaleon; Pomeroy, Ramsar Wetland
Derek. "Uganda" (http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/userf Official name Mabamba Bay
iles/file/IBAs/AfricaCntryPDFs/Uganda.pdf) (PDF).
Wetland System
Country Profiles. BirdLife International. Retrieved
16 August 2013. Designated 15 September 2006
Reference no. 1638[1]

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