Ramsar sites in Ukraine

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

Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance

Name	Area (km²)	Coordinates
Bakota Bay, Khmelnytsky Oblast	15.9	48°35′N 26°56′E
Berda River mouth / Berdiansk Spit / Berdiansk Bay, Zaporizhia Oblast	18	46°44′N 36°48′E
Great Chapli Depression, Askania-Nova, Kherson Oblast	23.59	46°29′N 33°51′E
Bilosaraisk Bay / Bilosaraisk Spit, Donetsk Oblast	20	46°54′N 37°20′E
Cape Kazantyp, Crimea	2.51	45°28′N 35°51′E
Cape Opuk Crimea	7.75	45°01′N 36°12′E
Central Syvash, Kherson Oblast / Crimea	800	46°07′N 34°15′E
Desna River floodplains Sumy Oblast	42.7	52°19′N 33°23′E
Dniester-Turunchuk crossrivers area, Odessa Oblast	760
Dnieper-Orli floodplains, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	25.6
Dnieper River Delta, Kherson Oblast	260
Eastern Syvash Kherson Oblast / Crimea	1,650
Karkinit Bay / Dzharylgat Bay, Kherson Oblast / Crimea	870
Karadag, Crimea	2.24
Kryva Bay / Kryva Spit, Donetsk Oblast	14
Kugurlui Lake, Odessa Oblast	65
Kiliya's Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel, Odessa Oblast	328
Lake Kartal, Odessa Oblast	5
Lake Synevir, Zakarpattia Oblast	0.29
Lower Smotrych River, Khmelnytsky Oblast	14.8
Molochnyi Estuary, Zaporizhia Oblast	224
Northern Part of the Dniester Liman Odessa Oblast	200
Obitochna Spit / Obitochna Spit, Zaporizhia Oblast	20
Perebrody Peatlands, Rivne Oblast	127.18
Polissya Marshes, Zhytomyr Oblast	21.45
Prypiat River floodplains, Volyn Oblast	120
Sasyk Lagoon, Odessa Oblast	210
Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes system, Odessa Oblast	190
Shatsk Lakes Volyn Oblast	328.5
Stokhid River floodplains, Volyn Oblast	100
Tendriv Bay, Kherson Oblast	380
Tyligul Estuary, Odessa Oblast / Mykolaiv Oblast	260
Yagorlyk Bay Kherson Oblast / Mykolaiv Oblast	340

References

• The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance: Ukraine
• Wetlands of Ukraine directory