Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance

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This is the list of wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. For complete list see here.

Contents 1 Site listing by country 1.1 Australia 1.2 Belgium 1.3 Benin 1.4 Brazil 1.5 Burkina Faso 1.6 Burundi 1.7 Canada 1.8 Chad 1.9 Comoros 1.10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.12 Croatia 1.13 Cyprus 1.14 Czech Republic 1.15 Djibouti 1.16 Equatorial Guinea 1.17 France 1.18 Gabon 1.19 Georgia 1.20 Germany 1.21 Greece 1.22 Guinea 1.23 India 1.24 Italy 1.25 Japan 1.26 Jersey 1.27 Kenya 1.28 Luxembourg 1.29 Madagascar 1.30 Malaysia 1.31 Mali 1.32 Monaco 1.33 Montenegro 1.34 Mozambique 1.35 Niger 1.36 Nigeria 1.37 Pakistan 1.38 Republic of the Congo 1.39 Russia 1.40 Senegal 1.41 South Africa 1.42 Switzerland 1.43 Tanzania 1.44 Thailand 1.45 Togo 1.46 Trinidad and Tobago 1.47 Ukraine 1.48 United States 1.49 Zambia 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Site listing by country

These data have been taken from the Ramsar Sites Database.

A complete list can be found at www.ramsar.org/sitelist.pdf

[edit] Australia

• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
• Bool and Hacks Lagoons 25.3 km², South Australia
• Bowling Green Bay National Park, North Queensland. 355 km².
• Barmah Forest, near Barmah, Victoria
• Gippsland Lakes, Victoria
• Lake Corangamite, Leopold, Victoria (near Geelong).
• Western Port, Victoria
• Towra Point Nature Reserve, New South Wales

[edit] Belgium

Name	Area (km²)
De IJzerbroeken te Diksmuide en Lo-Reninge	24
Kalmthoutse Heide	22
Vlaamse Banken	19
Zwin	5
Marais d'Harchies	5
Schorren van de Beneden Schelde	4.2

[edit] Benin

Name	Area (km²)
Basse Vallée de l'Ouémé, Porto-Novo Lagoon, Lake Nokoué	916
Basse Vallée du Couffo, Côtiere Lagoon, Chenal Aho, Lake Ahémé	475

[edit] Brazil

• Baixada maranhense (Maranhão)
• Ilha do Bananal (Tocantins)
• Lagoa do Peixe (Rio Grande do Sul)
• Mamirauá (Amazonas)
• Pantanal (Mato Grosso):
  • Pantanal Matogrossense National Park
  • SESC Pantanal Private Natural Heritage Reserve
• Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel Manoel Luís (including Baixios do Mestre Álvaro e Tarol) (Maranhão)
• Reentrâncias maranhenses (Maranhão)

[edit] Burkina Faso

Name	Area (km²)
W National Park	2350
La Mare d'Oursi	450
La Mare aux Hippopotames	192

[edit] Burundi

Name	Area (km²)
Rusizi delta in the Rusizi Natural Reserve and the northern part of the Lake Tanganyika littoral	10

[edit] Canada

Name	Area (km²)
Queen Maud Gulf	62782
Polar Bear Provincial Park	24087
Whooping Crane Summer Range	16895
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary	8159
Old Crow Flats	6170
Peace-Athabasca Delta	3213
Rasmussen Lowlands	3000
Polar Bear Pass	2624
Quill Lakes	635
Hay-Zama Lakes	500
McConnell River	328
Southern Bight-Minas Basin	268
Southern James Bay (Moose River & Hannah Bay)	253
Malpeque Bay	244
Delta Marsh	230
Beaverhill Lake	181
Last Mountain Lake	156
Long Point	137
Shepody Bay	122
Lac Saint-Pierre	120
Creston Valley	70
Minesing Swamp	60
Tabusintac Lagoon and River Estuary	50
Oak Hammock Marsh	36
Mer Bleue Conservation Area	33
Cap Tourmente	24
Lac Saint-François	23
Baie de l'Isle-Verte	22
Musquodoboit Harbour	19
Matchedash Bay	18
Point Pelee	16
Mary's Point	12
Chignecto Bay	10
Grand Codroy Estuary	9
Alaksen	6
St. Clair	2

[edit] Chad

Name	Area (km²)
Lake Chad National Park	16482
Lake Fitri	1950

[edit] Comoros

Name	Area (km²)
Lake Dziani Boundouni	0.3

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

Name	Area (km²)
Azagny National Park	194

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

Name	Area (km²)
Virunga National Park	8000
Mangroves National Park	660

[edit] Croatia

Name	Area (km²)
Lonjsko Polje & Mokro Polje (incl. Krapje Djol)	505.6
Kopački Rit	177.7
Neretva Delta	115
Crna Mlaka	6.25

[edit] Cyprus

• Larnaca Salt Lake
• Limassol Salt Lake

[edit] Czech Republic

• Krkonošská rašeliniště
• Lednické rybníky
• Litovelské Pomoraví
• Mokřad dolního Podyjí
• Mokřady Liběchovky a Pšovky
• Novozámecký a Břehyňský rybník
• Podzemní Punkva
• Poodří
• Třeboňská rašeliniště
• Třeboňské rybníky
• Šumavská rašeliniště

[edit] Djibouti

Name	Area (km²)
Haramous-Loyada	30

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

Name	Area (km²)
Muni Estuary Natural Reserve	800
Ntem River and Campo River	330
Annobón	230

[edit] France

Name	Area (km²)
La Brenne	1400
Marais De Kaw	1370
Etangs de la Champagne humide	1350
Camargue	850
Baie du Mont Saint-Michel	620
Basse-Mana	590
La Petite Camargue	370
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, Baie des Veys	325
Golfe du Morbihan	230
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe	200
Grande Brière	190
Baie de Somme	170
Basses Vallées Angenvines	65
Lac de Grand-Lieu	63
Bassin du Drugeon	59
Lac du Bourget - Marais de Chautagne	55
Etangs du Lindre,Forêt du Romersberg et zones voisines	53
Etangs de la Petite Woëvre	53
Marais salants de Guérande et du Més	52
Marais du Fier d'Ars	45
Rives du Lac Léman	33
Etang de Biguglia	20

[edit] Gabon

Name	Area (km²)
Petit Loango	4800
Wongha-Wonghé	3800
Setté Cama	2200

[edit] Georgia

Name	Area (km²)
Central Kolkheti Ramsar site (both sides of the Rioni River mouth along the central part of the eastern Black Sea coast)	337
Ispani peat bog, near the city of Kobuleti	5

[edit] Germany

Name	Area (km²)
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas	4549
Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart	1216
Ostseeboddengewässer Westrügen - Hiddensee - Zingst	258
Donauauen & Donaumoos	80
Elbauen, Schnackenburg – Lauenburg	75
Starnberger See	57

[edit] Greece

Name	Area (km²)
Ambrakikos Gulf	23649
Kerkine Lake	10996
Axios, Loudias, Aliakmon	11808
Evros Delta	9267
Kotychi Laggons	6302
Mik. Prespa Lake	5078
Bistonis, Porto Lagos	24396
Bolbi, Koroneia Lakes	16388
Mesologgi Laggons	3387
Nestos Delta	21930

[edit] Guinea

Name	Area (km²)
Niger-Niandan-Milo	10464
Niger-Mafou	10155
Sankarani-Fié	10152
Tinkisso	8960
Niger-Tinkisso	4006
Niger Source	1804
Konkouré	900
Iles Tristao	850
Rio Pongo	300
Rio Kapatchez	200
Ile Blanche	0.1
Ile Alcatraz	0.01

[edit] India

Name	Area (km²)
Chilika Lake, Orissa	1165
Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan	2873ha
Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir
Harike Lake, Punjab
Loktak Lake, Manipur
Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan
Kanjli, Punjab
Ropar, Punjab
Ashtamudi Wetland, Kerala
Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Orissa
Bhoj Wetland, Madhya Pradesh
Deepor Beel, Assam
East Calcutta Wetlands, West Bengal
Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh
Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu
Pong Dam Lake, Himachal Pradesh
Sasthamkotta Lake, Kerala
Tsomoriri, Jammu and Kashmir	120
Vembanad-Kol Wetland, Kerala

[edit] Italy

Name	Area (km²)
Valli residue del comprensorio di Comacchio	135
Saline di Margherita di Savoia	39
Stagno di Cábras	36
Stagno di Cagliari (a.k.a. Santa Gilla)	35
Valle Bertuzzi	31
Stagno di Corru S'Ittiri, Stagni di San Giovanni e Marceddì	26
Palude della Diaccia Botrona	25
Pian di Spagna - Lago di Mezzola	17
Piallassa della Baiona e Risega	16
Lago di Sabaudia	15
Vendicari	15
Stagno di Molentargius	14
Laguna di Marano: Foci dello Stella	14
Valle Campotto e Bassarone	14
Valle di Gorino	13
Valli del Mincio	11
Torre Guaceto	9
Laguna di Orbetello	9
Bacino dell'Angitola	9
Saline di Cervia	8
Stagno di Mistras	7
Le Cesine	6
Palude di Bolgheri	5
Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto	5
Punte Alberete	4.8
Palude Brabbia	4.6
Ortazzo e Ortazzino	4.4
Lago di Burano	4.1
Lago di Fogliano	4.0
Stagno di Sale Porcus	3.3
Torbiere d'Iseo	3.3
Lago di Barrea	3.0
Stagno di Pauli Maiori	2.9
Lago di Nazzano	2.7
Valle Santa	2.6
Biviere di Gela	2.6
Valle Cavanata	2.4
Lago di Caprolace	2.3
Stagno di S'Ena Arrubia	2.2
Sacca di Bellocchio	2.2
Isola Boscone	2.0
Palude di Colfiorito	1.6
Palude di Ostiglia	1.2
Vincheto di Cellarda	1.0
Lago dei Monaci	0.9
Lago di Tovel	0.4

[edit] Japan

Name	Area (km²)
Lake Biwa
Kiritappu Wetland
Lake Man

[edit] Jersey

Name	Area (km²)
Les Écrehous and Les Dirouilles
Les Minquiers
Les Pierres de Lecq

[edit] Kenya

Name	Area (km²)
Lake Baringo
Lake Bogoria
Lake Naivasha
Lake Nakuru

[edit] Luxembourg

Name	Area (km²)
Haff Réimech	3.1

[edit] Madagascar

Name	Area (km²)
Le Lac Alaotra: les zones humides et basin	7225
Lac Tsimanampetsotsa	456
Complexe des lacs de Manambolomaty	75

[edit] Malaysia

Name	Area (km²)
Tanjung Piai in Johor 01°16′N 103°31′E	5
Kukup Island in Johor 01°19′N 103°25′E	6
Pulai River in Johor 01°23′N 103°32′E.	91
Tasik Bera in Pahang	311

[edit] Mali

Name	Area (km²)
Niger Inland Delta	41195

[edit] Monaco

Name	Area (km²)
Réserve sous-marine du Larvotto et zone côtière du Portier	0.1

[edit] Montenegro

Name	Area (km²)
Skadar lake

[edit] Mozambique

• Complexo de Marromeu

[edit] Niger

Name	Area (km²)
Dallo Bosso	3762
Lake Chad	3404
Dallo Maouri	3190
W National Park	2200
Zone humide du moyen Niger	881
Complexe Kokorou-Namga	668
Zone humide du moyen Niger II	658

[edit] Nigeria

Name	Area (km²)
Nguru Lake and Marma Channel complex	581

[edit] Pakistan

Name	Area (km²)
Chashma Barrage Site	xxx
Taunsa Barrage Site	xxx
Thanedar Wala Site	xxx
Tanda Dam Site	xxx
Uchhali Complex Site	xxx
Kinjhar Lake Site	xxx
Drigh Lake Site	xxx
Haleji Lake Site	xxx
Astola Island Site	xxx
Hub Dam Site	xxx
Indus Dolphin Reserve Site	xxx
Jiwani Coastal Wetland Site	xxx
Jubho Lagoon Site	xxx
Miani Hor Site	xxx
Nurri Lagoon Site	xxx
Ormara Turtle Beaches Site	xxx
Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex Site	xxx
Indus Delta Site	xxx
Runn of Kutch Site	xxx

See also: List of Ramsar sites in Pakistan

[edit] Republic of the Congo

Name	Area (km²)
Lake Télé/Likouala-aux-Herbes Communal Reserve	4,390

[edit] Russia

Main article: Ramsar sites in Russia

[edit] Senegal

Name	Area (km²)
Saloum Delta	730
Djoudj	160
Bassin du Ndiaël	100
Gueumbeul	7

[edit] South Africa

Name	Area (km²)
Barberspan	31
Blesbokspruit	18
De Hoop Vlei	7
De Mond (Heuningnes Estuary)	9
Kosi Bay	110
Lake Sibhayi	77
Langebaan	60
Drakensberg Park	2428
Ndumo Game Reserve	101
Nylsvley Nature Reserve	40
Orange River Mouth	20
St Lucia System	1555
Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve	48
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of Tongaland	395
Veloren Valei Nature Reserve	59
Velorenvlei	15
Wilderness Lakes	13

[edit] Switzerland

Name	Area (km²)
Le Rhône genevois-Vallons de l'Allondon et de La Laire	20
Rive sud du lac de Neuchâtel	17
Fanel et Chablais de Cudrefin	12
Bolle di Magadino	7
Klingnauer Stausee	3.6
Les Grangettes	3.3
Niederried Stausee	3.0
Kaltbrunner Riet	1.5

[edit] Tanzania

Name	Area (km²)
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
Lake Natron basin
Malagarasi-Mulovoyi wetlands

[edit] Thailand

Name	Ramsar ID	Provinces	Area (km²)	Date included
Kuan Ki Sian of the Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area Wetlands	948	Songkhla	4.94	May 1998
Bueng Khong Long Non-Hunting Area	1098	Nong Khai	22.14	July 5 2001
Don Hoi Lot	1099	Samut Songkhram	875	July 5 2001
Krabi River Estuary	1100	Krabi	213.0	July 5 2001
Nong Bong Kai Non-Hunting Area	1101	Chiang Rai	4.34	July 5 2001
Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary (Pru To Daeng Wildlife Sanctuary)	1102	Narathiwat	201	July 5 2001
Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries	1182	Trang	663.13	August 14 2002
Kaper Estuary - Laemson Marine National Park - Kraburi Estuary	1183	Ranong	1220.46	August 14 2002
Mu Koh Ang Thong Marine National Park	1184	Surat Thani	102	August 14 2002
Phang Nga Bay Marine National Park	1185	Phang Nga	400	August 14 2002
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park	-	Prachuap Khiri Khan	18	proposed

See also: List of Ramsar wetlands of Thailand

[edit] Togo

Name	Area (km²)
Keran National Park	1634
Togodo Wildlife Reserve	310

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

Name	Area (km²)
Buccoo Reef	1287
Caroni Swamp	8398
Nariva Swamp	6234

[edit] Ukraine

• Bakotska Bay Khmelnytska Oblast 1,590 ha
• Berda River mouth, Berdianka Spit, Berdianska Bay,Zaporizka Oblast 1,800 ha
• Big Chapelsk Depression, Khersonska Oblast 2,359 ha
• Bilosaraiska Bay, Bilosaraiska Spit, Donetska Oblast 2,000 ha
• Desna River floodplains Sumska Oblast 4,270 ha
• Dniester-Turunchuk crossrivers area, Odeska Oblast 76,000 ha
• Northern Part of the Dniester Liman Odeska Oblast 20,000 ha
• Dnipro-Oril floodplains, Dnipropetrovska Oblast 2,560 ha
• Dnipro River Delta, Khersonska Oblast 26,000 ha
• Karkinitska Bay, Dzharylgatska Bay Khersonska Oblast, Crimea 87,000 ha
• Lake Kartal, Odeska Oblast 500 ha
• Karadag Crimea 224 ha
• Cape Kazantyp, Crimea 251 ha
• Kryva Bay, Kryva Spit, Donetska Oblast 1,400 ha
• Kugurlui Lake, Odeska Oblast 6,500 ha
• Kyliiske Mouth @ Bastroe Channel, Odeska Oblast 32,800 ha
• Molochnyi Liman Zaporizka Oblast 22,400 ha
• Obytochna Spit Obytochna Spit Zaporizka Oblast 2,000 ha
• Cape Opuk Crimea 775 ha
• Perebrody Peatlands, Rivnenska Oblast 12,718 ha
• Polissia Mires Zhytomyrska Oblast 2,145 ha
• Prypiat River floodplains, Volynska Oblast 12,000 ha
• Sasyk Lake, Odeska Oblast 21,000 ha
• Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System, Odeska Oblast 19,000 ha
• Shatsk Lakes Volynska Oblast 32,850 ha
• Lower Smotrych River, Khmelnytska Oblast 1,480 ha
• Stokhid River floodplains, Volynska Oblast 10,000 ha
• Lake Synevyr, Zakarpatska Oblast 29 ha
• Central Syvash, Khersonska Oblast, Crimea 80,000 ha
• Eastern Syvash Khersonska Oblast, Crimea 165,000 ha
• Tendrivska Bay, Khersonska Oblast 38,000 ha
• Tyligulskyi Liman, Odeska Oblast, Mykolaivska Oblast 26,000 ha
• Yagorlytska Bay Khersonska Oblast, Mykolaivska Oblast 34,000 ha

[edit] United States

Name	Area (km²)
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Bolinas Lagoon, California
Cache River - Cypress Creek Wetlands
Cache-Lower White Rivers
Caddo Lake
Catahoula Lake
Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex
Cheyenne Bottoms
Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex
Delaware Bay Estuary
Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Everglades National Park
Horicon Marsh
Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Tomales Bay, California

[edit] Zambia

Name	Area (km²)
Lukanga Swamps	2,600
Bangweulu Swamps: Chikuni	2,500
Kafue Flats: Lochinvar and Blue Lagoon	830

[edit] See also

• Ramsar Convention
• list of Ramsar sites in Scotland

[edit] References

• Full official list