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
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Bakota Bay [2]
Khmelnytskyi 48°35′N 26°56′E / 48.583°N 26.933°E / 48.583; 26.933 (Bakota Bay )
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 / 46.733°N 36.800°E / 46.733; 36.800 (Berda River mouth )
18
Sea of Azov near Berdyansk
Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit[4]
Donetsk 46°54′N 37°20′E / 46.900°N 37.333°E / 46.900; 37.333 (Bilosaraisk Bay )
20
Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast
Great Chapli Depression[5]
Kherson 46°29′N 33°51′E / 46.483°N 33.850°E / 46.483; 33.850 (Great Chapli Depression )
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 / 52.317°N 33.383°E / 52.317; 33.383 (Desna River floodplains )
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 / 46.000°N 33.083°E / 46.000; 33.083 (Karkinit and Dzharylgat Bays )
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 / 45.467°N 35.850°E / 45.467; 35.850 (Cape Kazantyp )
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 / 45.017°N 36.200°E / 45.017; 36.200 (Cape Opuk )
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 / 46.117°N 34.250°E / 46.117; 34.250 (Central Syvash )
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
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Wetlands of Ukraine
Ramsar sites Recent (2013) addition
Syra Pohonia
Sim Mayakiv Floodplains
Somyne Fen
Velyki and Mali Kuchuhury Archipelago
Bile Ozero/Koza-Berezyna Fen
Potential wetlands
Druzhba Cave
Dniester River
Narcissus Valley
Prut Headwaters
Pohorilets Headwaters
Sian Raised Bog
Burshtyn Reservoir
Atak-Borzhava Wetlands
Kleban-Byk
Kakhovka Reservoir
Bilenko-Rozumovskyi Floodplains
Siverskyi Donets Floodplains
Sula Bay
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