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This is a sunrise view taken by my son Aaron at 6 a.m. in the W national park.
Established as a National Park by Decree in 1954, originally classified as a Faunal Reserve and State Forest in 1953 and recognized as an internationally important wetland site under the Ramsar Convention in 1987. In April 1996 the government of Niger officially notified the project to create a Biosphere Reserve in the W region of Niger, with the 'W' National Park as a core zone.
Inscribed on the World Heritage List as a natural property in 1996.
The Niger River constitutes the north east border of the Park. The Park takes it's name from the double bend of the Niger River between the points where two seasonal tributaries, the Tapoa (north-west) and the Mékrou (south-east), flow into it. The Park forms the extreme peneplain extension of the old massif of Atakora. The soils are generally shallow and infertile with a high iron content, particularly in the upland areas in the interior. Depressions and stream valleys tend to have deeper and more fertile soils while extensive rock outcroppings are found along the Niger and Mékrou rivers. The Park consists of a lateritic peneplain, with rock outcrops of quartz, schists and gneisses. The oldest rocks are of Precambrian age, and the park is cut from south-west to north-east by the Atakora quartzite chain. (The encyclopedia of hearth)

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  • Copyright: Alberto Piubello (albertopiubello) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 346 W: 43 N: 877] (2591)
  • Genre: Lieux
  • Medium: Couleur
  • Date Taken: 2008-02-24
  • Categories: Nature
  • Exposition: f/4.8, 1/2000 secondes
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  • Versions: version originale
  • Date Submitted: 2008-02-29 3:37
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