List of Ramsar sites in Ukraine
Ukraine has 50 Ramsar sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar sites in Ukraine have a total surface area of approximately 802,604 hectares (1,983,280 acres). The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into effect for Ukraine on 1 December 1991.[1]
Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance
| Name[1] | Oblast | Area (km2) | Designated | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakota Bay[2] | Khmelnytskyi 48°35′N 26°56′E | 15.9 | 29 July 2004 | part of National Park "Podilski Tovtry", Dniester valley | |
| Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk Bay[3] | Zaporizhzhia 46°44′N 36°48′E | 18 | Sea of Azov near Berdyansk | ||
| Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit[4] | Donetsk 46°54′N 37°20′E | 20 | Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast | ||
| Great Chapli Depression[5] | Kherson 46°29′N 33°51′E | 23.59 | part of Askania-Nova Reserve | ||
| Cheremske Mire | Volyn | 328 | |||
| Chilia branch (Kilia) | Odesa | 328 | Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel | ||
| Desna River floodplains | Sumy 52°19′N 33°23′E | 42.7 | |||
| Dnieper River Delta | Kherson | 260 | |||
| Dnieper-Orli floodplains | Dnipropetrovsk | 25.6 | |||
| Northern area of the Dniester Liman | Odesa | 200 | |||
| Land of Dniester-Turunchuk | Odesa | 760 | |||
| Karadag rocky shore habitat | Crimea | 2.24 | |||
| Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays | Kherson, Crimea 46°00′N 33°5′E | 870 | 23 November 1995 | The Karkinit Bay is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the southwestern Crimean Peninsula from mainland Ukraine. | |
| Lake Kartal | Odesa | 5 | |||
| Cape Kazantyp rocky shore habitat | Crimea 45°28′N 35°51′E | 2.51 | 29 July 2004 | A headland located in the northeastern part of the Crimean peninsula. | |
| Kremenchuk Floodplains | Poltava | ||||
| Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit | Donetsk | 14 | |||
| Kuhurluy | Odesa | 65 | |||
| Molochnyi Estuary | Zaporizhzhia | 224 | |||
| Obitochna Spit | Zaporizhzhia | 20 | |||
| Cape Opuk nearshore habitat | Crimea 45°01′N 36°12′E | 7.75 | |||
| Perebrody Peat Bogs | Rivne | 127.18 | |||
| Polissya Marshes | Zhytomyr | 21.45 | Marshes, mires, and floodplains surrounded by upland pine forests in Polissia Nature Reserve | ||
| Prypiat River floodplains | Volyn | 120 | |||
| Sasyk Lagoon | Odesa | 210 | |||
| Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes system | Odesa | 190 | |||
| Shatsk Lakes | Volyn | 328.5 | The largest Ukrainian lake complex, with 23 lakes separated by peat bogs, meadows and forests. | ||
| Lower Smotrych River | Khmelnytskyi | 14.8 | |||
| Stokhid River floodplains | Volyn | 100 | |||
| Lake Synevyr | Zakarpattia | 0.29 | |||
| Central Syvash | Kherson, Crimea 46°07′N 34°15′E | 800 | |||
| Eastern Syvash | Kherson, Crimea | 1,650 | |||
| Tendra Bay | Kherson | 380 | |||
| Tylihul Estuary | Odesa, Mykolaiv | 260 | |||
| Yahorlyk Bay[6] | Kherson, Mykolaiv | 340 | separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula |
References
- "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=216
- http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=192
- http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=190
- "Великий Чапельський під | Водно-болотні угіддя". Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=188
External links
- The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance: Ukraine
- Wetlands of Ukraine with a list of all wetlands including recognized by the Ramsar Convention and potentially to be recognized in the future
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