National park of the Language of Cruelty

The National park of the Language of Cruelty (PNLB) is one of the six national parks of the Senegal.

It is located at a score of kilometers in the south of Saint-Louis of Senegal towards the mouth of the Fleuve Senegal.

Geography

It is an ornithological reserve of 2000 hectares which is stretched on 15 km length with a width of almost 1 km between the Fleuve Senegal and the sea.

The exposed part with the sea makes up of Dune S fixed by Filao S. Towards the beach, a zone of sand is used as laying for the marine tortoises. There exists a relictuelle Mangrove with Avicennia at certain places.

Fauna and Flora

Various species of birds:

nicheuses populations of colonial birds
many water birds: pink flamingos, pelicans, cormorants, will hérons
species of the kinds Sterna, Larus, Egretta
wintering species: Pelecanus, Ardea cinerea, Larus
marine tortoises

Concerning the flora:

on the dry land: Prosopis juliflora .
on the grounds Halomorphic S: Ipomea, Sesuvium.

See too

Internal bonds

List of the national parks and reserves of Senegal
Environment in Senegal

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