List of Ramsar sites in Ukraine

Ukraine has 33 Ramsar sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar sites in Ukraine have a total surface area of approximately 744,651 hectares. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into effect for Ukraine on December 1, 1991.[1]

Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance

Name[1] Oblast Area (km²) Designated Description Image
Bakota Bay Khmelnytsky
48°35′N 26°56′E / 48.583°N 26.933°E / 48.583; 26.933 (Bakota Bay)		 15.9
Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk Bay Zaporizhia
46°44′N 36°48′E / 46.733°N 36.800°E / 46.733; 36.800		 18
Great Chapli Depression and Askania-Nova Kherson
46°29′N 33°51′E / 46.483°N 33.850°E / 46.483; 33.850 (Great Chapli Depression)		 23.59
Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit Donetsk
46°54′N 37°20′E / 46.900°N 37.333°E / 46.900; 37.333 (Bilosaraisk Bay)		 20
Cape Kazantyp 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.
Cape Opuk Crimea
45°01′N 36°12′E / 45.017°N 36.200°E / 45.017; 36.200 (Cape Opuk)		 7.75
Central Syvash Kherson, Crimea
46°07′N 34°15′E / 46.117°N 34.250°E / 46.117; 34.250 (Central Syvash)		 800
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
Dniester-Turunchuk crossrivers area Odessa 760
Dnieper-Orli floodplains Dnipropetrovsk 25.6
Dnieper River Delta Kherson 260
Eastern Syvash Kherson, Crimea 1,650
Karkinit Bay and Dzharylgat Bay 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.
Karadag Crimea 2.24
Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit Donetsk 14
Kugurlui Lake Odessa 65
Kiliya's Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel Odessa 328
Lake Kartal Odessa 5
Lake Synevir Zakarpattia 0.29
Lower Smotrych River Khmelnytsky 14.8
Molochnyi Estuary Zaporizhia 224
Northern Part of the Dniester Liman Odessa 200
Obitochna Spit Zaporizhia 20
Perebrody Peatlands Rivne 127.18
Polissya Marshes Zhytomyr 21.45
Prypiat River floodplains Volyn 120
Sasyk Lagoon Odessa 210
Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes system Odessa 190
Shatsk Lakes Volyn 328.5
Stokhid River floodplains Volyn 100
Tendriv Bay Kherson 380
Tylihul Estuary Odessa, Mykolaiv 260
Yagorlyk Bay Kherson, Mykolaiv 340

References

  1. 1 2 "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

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