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]

Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance

Name[1] Oblast Area (km²) Designated Description Image
Bakota Bay[2]Khmelnytskyi
48°35′N 26°56′E
15.929 July 2004part of National Park "Podilski Tovtry", Dniester valley
Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk Bay[3]Zaporizhzhia
46°44′N 36°48′E
18Sea of Azov near Berdyansk
Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit[4]Donetsk
46°54′N 37°20′E
20Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast
Great Chapli Depression[5]Kherson
46°29′N 33°51′E
23.59part of Askania-Nova Reserve
Cheremske MireVolyn328
Chilia branch (Kilia)Odesa328Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel
Desna River floodplainsSumy
52°19′N 33°23′E
42.7
Dnieper River DeltaKherson260
Dnieper-Orli floodplainsDnipropetrovsk25.6
Northern area of the Dniester LimanOdesa200
Land of Dniester-TurunchukOdesa760
Karadag rocky shore habitatCrimea2.24
Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska BaysKherson, Crimea
46°00′N 33°5′E
87023 November 1995The Karkinit Bay is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the southwestern Crimean Peninsula from mainland Ukraine.
Lake KartalOdesa5
Cape Kazantyp rocky shore habitatCrimea
45°28′N 35°51′E
2.5129 July 2004A headland located in the northeastern part of the Crimean peninsula.
Kremenchuk FloodplainsPoltava
Kryva Bay and Kryva SpitDonetsk14
KuhurluyOdesa65
Molochnyi EstuaryZaporizhzhia224
Obitochna SpitZaporizhzhia20
Cape Opuk nearshore habitatCrimea
45°01′N 36°12′E
7.75
Perebrody Peat BogsRivne127.18
Polissya MarshesZhytomyr21.45
Prypiat River floodplainsVolyn120
Sasyk LagoonOdesa210
Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes systemOdesa190
Shatsk LakesVolyn328.5
Lower Smotrych RiverKhmelnytskyi14.8
Stokhid River floodplainsVolyn100
Lake SynevyrZakarpattia0.29
Central SyvashKherson, Crimea
46°07′N 34°15′E
800
Eastern SyvashKherson, Crimea1,650
Tendra BayKherson380
Tylihul EstuaryOdesa, Mykolaiv260
Yahorlyk Bay[6]Kherson, Mykolaiv340separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula

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