Xe Champhone Wetlands (Ramsar Site No. 1942)

Ramsar-designated wetland (12,400 ha) of marshes, swamps, oxbow lakes, deep pools and flooded forest in Champhone District, Savannakhet Province. The site supports community Fish Conservation Zones and the largest Lao population of the critically endangered Siamese crocodile; fishing in designated conservation/breeding pools is restricted under wetland management and Fisheries Law Art. 38.6.