Crique et Pripri Yiyi | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | French Guiana, France |
Nearest city | Sinnamary |
Coordinates | 5°30′28″N 53°13′10″W / 5.5077°N 53.2194°W |
Area | 284.44 km2 (109.82 sq mi)[1] |
Established | 6 November 1995[2] |
Governing body | Conservatoire du littoral |
Ramsar Wetland | |
Official name | Estuaire du fleuve Sinnamary |
Designated | 15 September 2008 |
Reference no. | 1828[3] |
Crique et Pripri Yiyi is a protected area in French Guiana, France. The protected area is a wetland, and as of 2008, also a Ramsar site under the name of Estuaire du fleuve Sinnamary. It consists of mudflats, mangroves, freshwater swamps and seasonally flooded savannahs.[3] Crique et Pripri Yiyi is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast[4] in the communes of Iracoubo and Sinnamary. The protected area is delimited by the Iracoubo
and Sinnamary Rivers.[5]