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′N26°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′N36°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′N37°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′N33°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′N33°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
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 46°00′N33°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′N35°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′N36°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		The largest natural water body in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Central Syvash	Kherson, Crimea 46°07′N34°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

1. "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
2. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=216 ^{[ bare URL ]}
3. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=192 ^{[ bare URL ]}
4. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=190 ^{[ bare URL ]}
5. "Великий Чапельський під | Водно-болотні угіддя". Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
6. http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=188 ^{[ bare URL ]}

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