Lake of Hippopotamuses
The Mare aux Hippopotames is a lake and national park in Burkina Faso, created in 1937 and designated in 1977 as the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the nation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: Biosphere reserve and national park in Burkina Faso
- Also known as: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
Lake of Hippopotamuses
- Categories: classified forest and body of water
- Location: Houet Province, Hauts-Bassins Region, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake of Hippopotamuses from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swahili—“Lake of Hippopotamuses” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ရေမြင်းကန်”
- Dutch: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- French: “Mare aux Hippopotames de Bala”
- French: “mare aux Hippopotames”
- French: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- German: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- Hausa: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- Hungarian: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- Italian: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- Japanese: “カバの湖”
- Lithuanian: “Mar oz Hipopotamo nacionalinis parkas”
- Persian: “برکه اسب آبی”
- Polish: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- Russian: “Мар-оз-Иппопотам”
- Spanish: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
- Swahili: “Mare aux Hippopotames”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forêt Classée de la Mare aux Hippopotames.
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