Mayang Reservoir

The reservoir is an important site for scaly-sided mergansers

Mayang Reservoir is a 376 ha artificial lake, or reservoir, lying in the mountains of North Hamgyong Province of North Korea at an altitude of 720 m above sea level. It is one of North Korea’s designated Natural Monuments and has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports a population of endangered scaly-sided mergansers.^[1]

References

↑ "Mayang reservoir". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

Important Bird Areas of North Korea

Coordinates: 42°04′00″N 129°30′00″E / 42.06667°N 129.50000°E / 42.06667; 129.50000

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