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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 December 1, 1991.[ 1]
Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance
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Name[ 1]
Oblast
Area (km²)
Designated
Description
Image
Bakota Bay [ 2]
Khmelnytsky 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]
Zaporizhia 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 Oblast
328
Chilia branch (Kilia)
Odessa
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
Odessa
200
Land of Dniester -Turunchuk
Odessa
760
Karadag rocky shore habitat
Crimea
2.24
Karkanit and Dzharylhach 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
Odessa
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 Oblast
Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit
Donetsk
14
Kuhurluy
Odessa
65
Molochnyi Estuary
Zaporizhia
224
Obitochna Spit
Zaporizhia
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
Prypiat River floodplains
Volyn
120
Sasyk Lagoon
Odessa
210
Shahany -Alibei -Burnas lakes system
Odessa
190
Shatsk Lakes
Volyn
328.5
Lower Smotrych River
Khmelnytsky
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
Odessa , Mykolaiv
260
Yahorlyk Bay [ 6]
Kherson , Mykolaiv
340
separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula
References
External links
Wetlands of Ukraine
Ramsar sites Recent (2013) addition Potential wetlands