🌲 Niumi National Park

The Gambia · Asia · National Park · 13.57°N, 16.50°W

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Niumi National Park is a national park in The Gambia. The occupies the coastal strip in the northern region of the country, in the southern tip of the Sine-Saloum Delta. It covers an area of approximately 4,940 ha and encompasses a range of types of wetlands and vegetation, from freshwater marsh to sand spits and brackish lagoons. Rhizophora mangrove forest is abundant in the park, and its swamp and mudflats are important for birds.

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Quick facts

CountryThe Gambia
Continent / regionAsia
Protection type🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)13.57°N, 16.50°W · view on map

Niumi National Park is a national park in The Gambia, in Asia. The details of why Niumi National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in The Gambia

Abuko Nature Reserve · River Gambia National Park · Kiang West National Park.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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