Elephant Marsh

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Elephant Marsh is a large, biodiverse wetland in southern Malawi known for its rich birdlife, aquatic habitats, and importance to local fisheries and wildlife.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elephant Marsh canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf wetland ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
ecosystemType floodplain wetland ⓘ
habitatFor aquatic plants ⓘ
fish ⓘ
wading birds ⓘ
waterbirds ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole feeding ground for waterbirds ⓘ
flood regulation ⓘ
nursery ground for fish ⓘ
nutrient cycling ⓘ
hasFeature channels ⓘ
permanent lagoons ⓘ
reedbeds ⓘ
seasonally flooded areas ⓘ
knownFor aquatic habitats ⓘ
biodiversity ⓘ
importance to local fisheries ⓘ
importance to wildlife ⓘ
rich birdlife ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Shire Valley ⓘ
southern Malawi ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Shire River ⓘ
partOf Zambezi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Zambezi Basin
supportsActivity birdwatching ⓘ
small-scale commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
threatenedBy climate variability ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
usedBy local communities ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shire River → hasWetland → Elephant Marsh ⓘ