Lakes, Marshes, Mangroves, And Wetlands On Stamps

South Africa
National Parks
The Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park stretches from the Touw River mouth to the Swartvlei estuary. It protects five coastal lakes and winding waterways with variety of aquatic species.

Argentina
Argentine Landscapes
July 19, 2003
Estero Mbiguá in Formosa Province covers an area of marshes encircled by the meandering Rio Mbiguá. It features heavy grass-like vegetation in the humid subtropical climate.

This small, 2019 Canadian definitive is a very nicely printed, photographic view of Smoke Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park (ON). The Park looks to be a great vacation spot for someone who likes to canoe. Close-up pic shows the stamp's bilingual microprinting.

From portagestore.com website, "You can spend days, if not weeks...in Algonquin Park. There are over 1600 kms. of canoe routes and hundreds of lakes and waterways, and it's all flat paddling. Your journey is going to include portages which are a part of every route in the park."

Here are three stamps featuring Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand. The first two stamps show features of the pre-1886 site. They are the 4d. value of 1898 (S.G. #252) depicting the White Terrace, and the 9d. value of 1898 (S.G. #256) showing the Pink Terrace.

The Third stamp is an issue of private courier Fastway Post New Zealand Ltd. It shows post-1886/present-day Lake Rotomahana and its steaming cliffs.

From Wikipedia, "It is immediately south-west of the dormant volcano Mount Tarawera, and its geography was substantially altered by a major 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera...The Pink and White Terraces were a natural wonder on the shores of the lake before the 1886 eruption. They were considered to be the eighth wonder of the natural world and were New Zealand's most famous tourist attraction during the mid 19th century, but were buried or destroyed by the eruption."

These two 50c (domestic rate) stamps of Fastway Post New Zealand, Ltd. the same photographic view of Lake Okareka, with different cropping and color printing.

From Wikipedia, "Lake Okareka is one of four small lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera, in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island...The lake has a circumference of six miles (9.7 km) and lies about 60 meters above Lake Tarawera. Its outlet flows underground for half a mile and forms the Waitangi waterfall. In fact, the Okareka Lake seems to be connected with the Tarawera by underground channels."

Lake Gault in Westland Tai Poutini National Park is featured on this 50c, domestic rate stamp of private courier Fastway Post of New Zealand.

From nzplaces.nz website, "Lake Gault sits in silence atop the bush clad moraine, dark and glimmering...A couple of small clearings with fallen trees for seating are the only creature comforts for visitors to Lake Gault, unless you are introduced to, or stumble upon the secret rowboat. The simple timber vessel which has long lost any sense of ownership or consideration of condition, is fit for two and no more, and may or may not be found stashed carefully in the undergrowth."

Colombia
Tourism
June 16, 1982
Lake Tota, the largest lake in Colombia, is located in the east of Boyacá department, in the Eastern Cordillera geological province. It is a breeding ground for several threatened or endangered bird species.

Kyrgyzstan
Nature of Kyrgyzstan
November 17, 2018
Lake Merzbacher is a moraine glacier lake located between the north and south Inylchek Glaciers in the Tien Shan Mountains. It goes through a cycle of appearing, expanding and then draining annually with the formation and melting of ice.

Colombia
Departments of Colombia - Meta
January 26, 2018
Laguna del Amor is an abandoned tributary of Rio Ariari located 1.5 kilometer north of the town of Puerto Rico. The picturesque lake is known for moriche palms sprouting above the water.

Republic of China (Taiwan)
Taijiang National Park
April 24, 2020
Cigu Lagoon is located on the north shore of the Zengwen River estuary in Tainan, Taiwan. It is an important habitat for the endangered migratory species such as the Black-faced Spoonbill. It also supports sea salt, fishing, and oyster cultivating industries. The stamp shows a spectacular sunset view of the lagoon.

Guatemala
Landscapes
August 12, 2014
Chicabal Lake is located in the department of Quetzaltenango. It was formed in the crater of Volcán Chicabal at an elevation of 2712 meters and is surrounded by cloud forest. The lake is sacred to the Mam Mayan people.

Argentina
Argentine Landscapes II
July 19, 2003
The stamp depicts Lake Huechulafquen, one of the glacial lakes in the Andean Mountains in Lanin National Park. Lanin Volcano looms over the northern shore of the lake.

Liechtenstein
Panorama - Waters
June 2, 2020
The se-tenant pair depicts wetland in the Schwabbrünnen nature reserve.

On October 12, 1989 Peru issued this 1300 inti stamp (Sc #961) to publicize the 3rd Meeting of Eight Latin American Presidents held on Oct. 11-13 of that year, presumably at Lake Huacachina, which is shown on the stamp. The Lake is an oddity, because it is a true desert oasis.

From escapingny.com, "About four hours south of Lima, hidden in the middle of the desert and surrounded by sand dunes is the village of Huacachina. About 100 people live in the tiny village yet it attracts tens of thousands of visitors per year who come to admire the 'oasis of America'.

Poland
Poland - See More
June 29, 2020
Biebrza National Park was designated as a wetland site of worldwide significance in 1995. The stamp shows the Biebrza River marshes which is home to a unique variety of plants, rare wetland birds, and mammals such as elk and beaver.