Miani Hor
{{Short description|Lagoon in Lasbela, Pakistan}}
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{{Designation list
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_date = 10 May 2001
| designation1_number = 1068{{Cite web|title=Miani Hor|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1068|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}
Miani Hor is a swampy lagoon southwest of Uthal, lying on the coast of Lasbela District of Balochistan, Pakistan.[http://www.wwfpak.org/pdf/forest_mangrove_rcpakistan.pdf Pakistan:Mangroves] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613070112/http://wwfpak.org/pdf/forest_mangrove_rcpakistan.pdf |date=13 June 2010 }} Edited by Dr. Pamela Stedman-Edwards pg 2 Retrieved 8 July 2010. Covering an area of 7,471 hectares, it was designated a Ramsar site in May 2001.
Location
The site is located just southwest of Uthal, the district headquarter, and 95 kilometres from Karachi, near Sonmiani Bay.
Site description
The lagoon is 60 km long and 4 to 5 km wide.[http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/34(3)/PJB34(3)303.pdf Mangroves of Miani Hor Lagoon on the North Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan] by SM Saifullah and Fayyaz Rasool pg 1 Retrieved 8 July 2010. It mouth is 4 km wide. Two seasonal rivers, Porali and Windor enter into this bay.
Flora and fauna
It is the only place in Pakistan where three species of mangroves, Avicennia marina, Rhizophora mucronata, and Ceriops tagal occur naturally.
Threats
It faces two threats, namely domestic waste disposal and accumulated solid waste debris.[http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-pubs-annolist-annotated-ramsar-16123/main/ramsar/1-30-168%5E16123_4000_0__ The Annotated Ramsar List: Pakistan]. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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Category:Ramsar sites in Pakistan
Category:Landforms of Balochistan (Pakistan)
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