Ukraine has 50 Ramsar sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar sites in Ukraine have a total surface area of approximately . The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into effect for Ukraine on 1 December 1991.
Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance
Name Oblast Area (km2) Designated Description Image Bakota Bay Khmelnytskyi 15.9 29 July 2004 part of National Park "Podilski Tovtry", Dniester valley Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk Bay Zaporizhzhia 18 Sea of Azov near Berdyansk Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit Donetsk 20 Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast Great Chapli Depression Kherson 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 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 Aquatic-cliff complex of Karadag Crimea 224 17 November 2003 Sublittoral marine areas up to 6 metres depth, bays, a narrow strip of pebble-boulder coast and coastal cliffs up to 120 m high Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays Kherson, Crimea 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 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 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 The largest natural water body in the Ukrainian Carpathians Central Syvash Kherson, Crimea 800 Eastern Syvash Kherson, Crimea 1,650 Tendra Bay Kherson 380 Tylihul Estuary Odesa, Mykolaiv 260 Yahorlyk Bay Kherson, Mykolaiv 340 separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula
References
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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