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]
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Oblast
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Area (km2)
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Designated
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Description
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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 |
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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 |
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Sea of Azov near Berdyansk |
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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 |
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Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast |
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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 |
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part of Askania-Nova Reserve |
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Cheremske Mire |
Volyn |
328 |
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Chilia branch (Kilia) |
Odesa |
328 |
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Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel |
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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 |
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Dnieper River Delta |
Kherson |
260 |
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Dnieper-Orli floodplains |
Dnipropetrovsk |
25.6 |
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Northern area of the Dniester Liman |
Odesa |
200 |
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Land of Dniester-Turunchuk |
Odesa |
760 |
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Karadag rocky shore habitat |
Crimea |
2.24 |
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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. |
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Lake Kartal |
Odesa |
5 |
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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. |
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Kremenchuk Floodplains |
Poltava |
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Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit |
Donetsk |
14 |
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Kuhurluy |
Odesa |
65 |
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Molochnyi Estuary |
Zaporizhzhia |
224 |
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Obitochna Spit |
Zaporizhzhia |
20 |
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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 |
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Perebrody Peat Bogs |
Rivne |
127.18 |
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Polissya Marshes |
Zhytomyr |
21.45 |
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Marshes, mires, and floodplains surrounded by upland pine forests in Polissia Nature Reserve |
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Prypiat River floodplains |
Volyn |
120 |
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Sasyk Lagoon |
Odesa |
210 |
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Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes system |
Odesa |
190 |
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Shatsk Lakes |
Volyn |
328.5 |
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The largest Ukrainian lake complex, with 23 lakes separated by peat bogs, meadows and forests. |
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Lower Smotrych River |
Khmelnytskyi |
14.8 |
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Stokhid River floodplains |
Volyn |
100 |
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Lake Synevyr |
Zakarpattia |
0.29 |
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Central Syvash |
Kherson, Crimea 46°07′N 34°15′E / 46.117°N 34.250°E / 46.117; 34.250 (Central Syvash) |
800 |
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Eastern Syvash |
Kherson, Crimea |
1,650 |
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Tendra Bay |
Kherson |
380 |
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Tylihul Estuary |
Odesa, Mykolaiv |
260 |
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Yahorlyk Bay[6] |
Kherson, Mykolaiv |
340 |
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separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula |
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References
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Wetlands of Ukraine |
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Recent (2013) addition |
- Syra Pohonia
- Sim Mayakiv Floodplains
- Somyne Fen
- Velyki and Mali Kuchuhury Archipelago
- Bile Ozero/Koza-Berezyna Fen
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Potential wetlands |
- 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
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