Côte Aftissate-Boujdour | |
Map: | Western Sahara |
Relief: | y |
Coordinates: | 25.8°N -49°W |
Area Ha: | 11700 |
Designation: | Ramsar site, Wetland of International Importance |
Designated: | 16 April 2019 |
The Côte Aftissate-Boujdour is a Ramsar site that stretches along of the Western Sahara coast south of Boujdour.It includes the fishing village of Aftissat.
The Côte Aftissate-Boujdour is located in Jraifia commune, Boujdour Province in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region. The protected area covers . It extends along the Atlantic coast for . The site was designated on 16 April 2019.Along this section of the coast a beach and mobile dunes separate the sea from a continuous low-lying furrow of land below a high sea cliff.
The Côte Aftissate-Boujdour is at the southern edge of the Palearctic ecozone.The climate is strongly influenced by coastal upwelling.The wetland is a resting area for Palearctic seabirds, waders and land migrants, and for passerines in particular.Over 1% of the biogeographic population of species such as the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) are found in the wetland in winter.The dry area is home to the endemic gecko Saurodactylus brosseti and other rare and endemic species.