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List of Ramsar sites in Ukraine

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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

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Name[1] Oblast Area (km2) Designated Description Image
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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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "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
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