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2020 Nov 17Wetlands
Morocco has 84 wetlands, including more than twenty natural inland lakes, around thirty dams, four large coastal lakes and a number of river mouths.
Thanks to its Mediterranean climate with a humid winter, Morocco's wetlands include a highly productive environment, it ensures the sustenance of waterbirds throughout the year, and due to its importance, 38 of them are included on the “Ramsar List” which total nearly 320,000 ha.
These wetlands form ecosystems rich in various types of plants and animals of the utmost importance for humans socially, economically, culturally, scientifically, educationally and recreationally (700 species of plants and 1400 species of vertebrates).
List of Ramsar wetlands in Morocco:
| Wetland | Location | Enrollment year |
| Merja Zerga Lagoon | Kenitra Province | 1980 |
| Sidi-Boughaba Lake | Kenitra Province | 1980 |
| Afennourir Lake | Ifrane Province | 1980 |
| Khnifiss Bay | Tarfaya Province | 1980 |
| Aguelmam Sidi Ali - Tifounassine | Khenifra Province | 2005 |
| Essaouira archipelago and dunes | Essaouira Province | 2005 |
| Dakhla Bay | Oued Eddahab Province | 2005 |
| Al Massira dam | Kelaat Sraghna — Settat | 2005 |
| Mohammed V dam | Taourirt Province | 2005 |
| Cap des Trois Fourches | Nador Province | 2005 |
| Sidi Moussa-Oualidia Complex | El Jadida Province | 2005 |
| Lower Loukkos Complex | Larache Province | 2005 |
| Bas Tahaddart Complex | Tangier-Assilah prefecture | 2005 |
| Mouth of the Oued Drâa | Guelmim Province Tan-Tan Province |
2005 |
| Moulouya river mouth | Berkane Province | 2005 |
| Mouths of the Chbeyka and Al Wa'er wadis | TanTan Province Tarfaya Province |
2005 |
| Isly Lakes - Tislite | Midelt Province | 2005 |
| Marshes and Coast of the Plateau du Rmel | Larache Province | 2005 |
| Middle Draa | Zagora Province | 2005 |
| Oasis of Tafilalet | Errachidia Province | 2005 |
| Sebkha Bou Areg | Nador Province | 2005 |
| Sebkha Zima | Youssoufia Province | 2005 |
| Oued El Mellah wetlands | Benslimane Province Mohammedia Province |
2005 |
| Souss-Massa wetlands | Chtouka-Aït Baha Province | 2005 |
| Sebkhat Imlili | Oued Ed-Dahab Province | 2018 |
| Merja of Fouwarate | Kenitra Province | 2018 |
| Oued Tizguite | Ifrane Province | 2019 |
| Assifs Réghaya-Aït Mizane | Al Haouz Province | 2019 |
| Upper Oued Lakhdar | Azilal Province | 2019 |
| Cape Ghir-Imsouane | Prefecture of Agadir Ida- Outanane | 2019 |
| Imouzzer Lakes of Kandar | Ifrane Province | 2019 |
| Assif M'Goun | Tinghir Province | 2019 |
| Aftissate-Boujdour coast | Boujdour Province | 2019 |
| Assif Ahansal-Melloul | Azilal Province | 2019 |
| Bokkoya Coast | Al Hoceïma Province | 2019 |
| Smir Lagoon and Dam | M'diq-Fnideq prefecture | 2019 |
| Jbel Moussa coastline | M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture Fahs-Anjra Province |
2019 |
| Oued de Seguia el-Hamra | Laayoune Province | 2019 |