Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe
Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe is the largest Wetland of International Importance in the world as recognized by the Ramsar Convention.
The site covers an area of in the region around Lake Tumba in the western Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This is more than twice the size of Belgium or Maryland.

The vast area of forest and permanent or seasonal lakes and marshlands has great environmental and economic value. However, a rapidly growing population combined with weak and corrupt governance may be contributing to irreversible destruction.
Q2734015
Wetland of International Importance
UNK
Q170170
Ramsar Convention
ORG
Q1324212
Lake Tumba
LOC
Q932289
Congo Basin
Concept
Q974
Democratic Republic of the Congo
LOC
Q31
Belgium
LOC
Q1391
Maryland
LOC
Q4000403
Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe
LOC
country
drainage basin
country
country