Lutembe Bay

Lutembe Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria.

Lutembe Bay
Lutembe Bay
Coordinates	0.1541°N 32.5681°E / 0.1541; 32.5681
Basin countries	Uganda

Surface area	800 hectares (3.1 sq mi)
Surface elevation	1,130 metres (3,710 ft)

Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lutembe Bay Wetland System
Designated	15 September 2006
Reference no.	1637[1]

Conservation

Lutumbe Bay is one of Uganda's 33 Important Bird Areas and since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance.[2] The bay is notable for its population of as many as 1.5m white-winged tern.[3]

in 2013 a portion of the wetland was illegally filled with soil by the flower export giant Rosebud Ltd.[4]

References

"Lutembe Bay Wetland System". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. "The Annotated Ramsar List: Uganda". Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
Byaruhanga, Achilles; Kasoma, Pantaleon; Pomeroy, Derek. "Uganda" (PDF). Country Profiles. BirdLife International. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
Muhumuza, Rodney (15 August 2013). "Uganda loses wetland to rose farming business". Miami Herald. AP. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

Hydrography of Uganda
Lakes	Albert Bisina Bugondo Buhera Bujuku Bunyonyi Edward George Kabaka Kachera Katwe Kayumbu Kitandra Kwania Kyahafi Kyoga Mburo Mutanda Mulehe Nabugabo Nakuwa Nyamusingire Opeta Saka Victoria Wamala
Rivers	Achwa Kafu Kagera Katonga Kazinga Kidepo Lamia Lugogo Mayanja Muzizi Narus Nile Nkusi Okot Ora Pager Semliki Sezibwa Suam Victoria Nile White Nile
Waterfalls	Bujagali Karuma Murchison Owen Ripon Sipi
Dams	Ayago Bugoye Bujagali Buseruka Isimba Kanungu Karuma Kiira Mpanga Mubuku I Mubuku III Muzizi Nalubaale or Owen Nyagak Nyagak III Kisiizi Waki Gwere-Luzira Kikagati

Protected Areas of Uganda
National Parks	Bwindi Impenetrable Kibale Kidepo Valley Lake Mburo Mgahinga Gorilla Mount Elgon Murchison Falls Queen Elizabeth Rwenzori Mountains Semuliki
Wildlife Reserves	Ajai Aswa-Lolim^d Bokora Corridor Bugungu Kabwoya Karuma Katonga Kigezi Kyambura Lomunga East Madi Matheniko Pian Upe Toro-Semliki
Central Forest Reserves	Bukaleba Bugamba Bujawe Gangu Gulu Ihimbo Itwara Kagombe Kalinzu Kapimpini Kasato Kasenyi Kashoya-Kitomi Kitechura Kyewaga Lutoboka Mafuga Mount Kei Mount Otzi Mpanga Muhunga Nakindiba Nyabiku Nyabyeya Rwensama Rwensambya Rwoho Wambabya
Controlled Hunting Areas	Buhuka Central Karamoja (Napak) North Karamoja South Karamoja Karuma Falls Katonga Lipan West Madi Sebei Semliki East Teso North Teso
Community Wildlife Management Area	Amudat Iriri Kaiso Tonya Karenga Rwengara
Wildlife Sanctuaries	Entebbe Jinja Kazinga Malawa Mount Kei Ngama Island Ntoroko-Kanara Nyaburogo Otze Forest UWEC Ziwa Rhino
Ramsar Wetlands of Int'l Importance	Lake Bisina Lake George Lake Mburo-Nakivali Lake Nabugabo Lake Nakuwa Lake Opeta Lutembe Bay Mabamba Bay Murchison Falls Nabajjuzi Rwenzori Mountains Sango Bay-Musambwa Island-Kagera Bay
Uganda Wildlife Authority National Environment Management Authority ^d indicates degazetted

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