Onchon Field
Wetlands in North Korea
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Onchon Field is a 50,000 ha wetland site in South Pyongan Province of North Korea. It contains freshwater wetlands, rice paddies and salt pans. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of swan geese, greater white-fronted geese, whooper swans, black-faced spoonbills, Chinese egrets, great bustards, white-naped cranes, hooded cranes and red-crowned cranes. It is threatened by agricultural intensification, aquacultural development and human disturbance.[1]
References
- ^ "Onchon field". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
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Important Bird Areas of North Korea
- Amrok River estuary
- Anbyon Field
- Batoggisem, Dansem and Zamori Islands
- Chongchon River
- Chongdan Field
- Daedong Bay
- Dok-do
- Kangryong Field
- Kumya Bay
- Lake Bujon
- Lake Kwangpo
- Lakes Manpo and Bonpo
- Lake Rangrim
- Lake Samilpo
- Lakes Tungjong and Chonapo
- Mayang Reservoir
- Mount Chilbo
- Mount Kumgang
- Mount Kuwol
- Mount Myohyang
- Mount Oga
- Mount Paekdu
- Oksem, Dongsolbatsem, Sesolbatsem and Namsolbatsem Islands
- Onchon Field
- Ongjin Bay
- Orangchon River estuary
- Panmun Field
- Rab-do and Muki-do Islands
- Ryonghung Gang estuary
- Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo Islands
- Taedong River estuary
- Unmu-do
- Unryul Kumsanpo
38°50′00″N 125°15′00″E / 38.83333°N 125.25000°E / 38.83333; 125.25000
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