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]
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Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance
Name[1] | Oblast | Area (km2) | Designated | Description | Image |
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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
- ^ a b "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=216
- ^ http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=192
- ^ http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=190
- ^ "Великий Чапельський під | Водно-болотні угіддя". Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ http://wetlands.biomon.org/?p=188
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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Wetlands of Ukraine
- Bakota Bay
- Berdiansk Bay areas
- Bilosaraisk Bay areas
- Chapli Depression
- Cheremske Mire
- Kilia branch
- Desna Floodplains
- Dnieper Delta
- Dnieper-Oril
- Dniester Estuary
- Dniester Valley
- Dniester-Turunchuk
- Karadag shores
- Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays
- Kartal Lake
- Kazantyp shores
- Kremenchuk Floodplains
- Kryva Bay areas
- Kuhurlui
- Molochnyi Lyman
- Obytichna Bay areas
- Opuk shores
- Perebrody Peat Bogs
- Polissia Marshes
- Upper Prut River
- Prypiat Floodplains
- Sasyk Lagoon
- Shahany-Alibei-Burnas
- Shatskyi Lakes
- Smotrych River
- Stokhid River
- Central Synevyr
- Eastern Synevyr
- Gulf of Tendra
- Tylihul Estuary
- Yahorlyk Bay
- Syra Pohonia
- Sim Mayakiv Floodplains
- Somyne Fen
- Velyki and Mali Kuchuhury Archipelago
- Bile Ozero/Koza-Berezyna Fen
- 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