amrok, river, estuary, important, bird, area, comprises, north, korean, part, amrok, yalu, estuary, with, area, abutting, border, with, china, north, eastern, coast, yellow, site, been, identified, birdlife, international, important, bird, area, because, suppo. The Amrok River estuary Important Bird Area comprises the North Korean part of the Amrok or Yalu estuary with an area of 7 000 ha abutting the border with China on the north eastern coast of the Yellow Sea The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA because it supports up to 20 000 waterbirds Birds for which the site is significant include swan geese Baikal teal black faced spoonbills white naped cranes red crowned cranes and Far Eastern curlews Only 1000 ha of the site is protected in a nature reserve 1 The estuary is an important wintering site for swan geeseReferences edit Amrok River estuary Important Bird Areas factsheet BirdLife International 2013 Archived from the original on 2007 07 10 Retrieved 2013 04 25 39 48 00 N 124 14 00 E 39 80000 N 124 23333 E 39 80000 124 23333 nbsp This North Korea location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amrok River estuary Important Bird Area amp oldid 1095489851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
