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 December 1, 1991.[1]

Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance

Name[1] Oblast Area (km²) Designated Description Image
Bakota Bay[2]Khmelnytsky
48°35′N 26°56′E
15.929 July 2004part of National Park "Podilski Tovtry", Dniester valley
Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk Bay[3]Zaporizhia
46°44′N 36°48′E
18Sea of Azov near Berdyansk
Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit[4]Donetsk
46°54′N 37°20′E
20Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast
Great Chapli Depression[5]Kherson
46°29′N 33°51′E
23.59part of Askania-Nova Reserve
Cheremske MireVolyn Oblast328
Chilia branch (Kilia)Odessa328Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel
Desna River floodplainsSumy
52°19′N 33°23′E
42.7
Dnieper River DeltaKherson260
Dnieper-Orli floodplainsDnipropetrovsk25.6
Northern area of the Dniester LimanOdessa200
Land of Dniester-TurunchukOdessa760
Karadag rocky shore habitatCrimea2.24
Karkanit and Dzharylhach baysKherson, Crimea
46°00′N 33°5′E
87023 November 1995The Karkinit Bay is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the southwestern Crimean Peninsula from mainland Ukraine.
Lake KartalOdessa5
Cape Kazantyp rocky shore habitatCrimea
45°28′N 35°51′E
2.5129 July 2004A headland located in the northeastern part of the Crimean peninsula.
Kremenchuk FloodplainsPoltava Oblast
Kryva Bay and Kryva SpitDonetsk14
KuhurluyOdessa65
Molochnyi EstuaryZaporizhia224
Obitochna SpitZaporizhia20
Cape Opuk nearshore habitatCrimea
45°01′N 36°12′E
7.75
Perebrody Peat BogsRivne127.18
Polissya MarshesZhytomyr21.45
Prypiat River floodplainsVolyn120
Sasyk LagoonOdessa210
Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes systemOdessa190
Shatsk LakesVolyn328.5
Lower Smotrych RiverKhmelnytsky14.8
Stokhid River floodplainsVolyn100
Lake SynevyrZakarpattia0.29
Central SyvashKherson, Crimea
46°07′N 34°15′E
800
Eastern SyvashKherson, Crimea1,650
Tendra BayKherson380
Tylihul EstuaryOdessa, Mykolaiv260
Yahorlyk Bay[6]Kherson, Mykolaiv340separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula

References

  1. "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=216
  3. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=192
  4. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=190
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2018-10-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=188
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