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.
Location
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.
Ecology
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.
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