List of Ramsar 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, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value.[1][2]

The Convention establishes that “wetlands should be selected for the List on account of their international significance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology.” Over the years, the Conference of the Contracting Parties has adopted more specific criteria interpreting the Convention text, as well as an Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands and a Classification system of wetland type.[3]

Europe

Albania

Name Area (~ha)
Lake Shkodër and Buna river 49,562
Karavasta Lagoon 20,000
Butrint National Park 13,500

Armenia

Name Area (~ha)
Lake Arpi, Shirak 3,139
Lake Sevan, Gegharkunik 489,100

Azerbaijan

Name Area (~ha)
Lake Ağgöl (Ağgöl National Park) 500
Gizil-Agach State Reserve 99,060

Belgium

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

Bulgaria

Name Area (km2)
Ropotamo (29/09/75) 55
Poda (2002) 1

Croatia

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

Cyprus

Name Area (km2)
Larnaca Salt Lake 15.85

Czech Republic

Name Area (km2)
Krkonošská rašeliniště 2.3
Lednické rybníky 6.5
Litovelské pomoraví 51.22
Mokřad dolního Podyjí 115
Mokřady Liběchovky a Pšovky 3.5
Novozámecký a Břehyňský rybník 9.23
Podzemní Punkva 15.71
Poodří 54.50
Třeboňská rašeliniště 1.1
Třeboňské rybníky 101.65
Šumavská rašeliniště 63.71

Denmark

Name Area (km2)
Little Belt[4] 351
Læsø[4] 664
Wadden Sea[4] 1505

Estonia

Name Area (km²)
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve 260
Emajõe Suursoo Nature Reserve and Piirissaar Island 326
Endla Nature Reserve 80.5
Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay 177
Laidevahe Nature Reserve 24.2
Matsalu National Park 486.1
Muraka Nature Reserve 124
Nigula Nature Reserve 64
Puhtu-Laelatu-Nehatu Wetland Complex (Puhtu-Laelatu Nature Reserve and Nehatu Nature Reserve) 46.4
Sookuninga Nature Reserve 58.7
Soomaa National Park 371.7
Vilsandi National Park 241

Finland

Name Area (km²)
Vanhankaupunginlahti 5.08

France

Name Area (km²)
Baie de Somme 170
Baie du Mont Saint-Michel 620
Basse-Mana 590
Basses Vallées Angenvines 65
Bassin du Drugeon 59
Camargue 850
Etang de Biguglia 20
Etangs de la Champagne humide 1,350
Etangs de la Petite Woëvre 53
Etangs du Lindre, Forêt du Romersberg et zones voisines 53
Golfe du Morbihan 230
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe 200
Grande Brière 190
La Brenne 1,400
La Petite Camargue 370
Lac de Grand-Lieu 63
Lac du Bourget - Marais de Chautagne 55
Marais De Kaw 1,370
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, Baie des Veys 325
Marais du Fier d'Ars 45
Marais salants de Guérande et du Més 52
Rives du Lac Léman 33

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

Germany

Name Area (km²)
Danube floodplains & Donaumoos 80
Elbe river floodplains between Schnackenburg and Lauenburg 75
Bodden Sea: Rügen - Hiddensee - Zingst 258
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas 4549
Lake Starnberg 57
Lower Saxony Wadden Sea, East Frisian Wadden Sea & Dollart 1216

Greece

Name Area (km²)
Amvrakikos Gulf 236.49
Artificial Lake Kerkini 109.96
Axios, Loudias, Aliakmon Delta 118.08
Evros Delta 92.67
Kotychi Lagoons 63.02
Lake Mikri Prespa 50.78
Lake Vistionis, Porto Lagos, Lake Ismaris, and adjoining lagoons 243.96
Lakes Volvi, and Koronia 163.88
Messolonghi-Etoliko Lagoons 33.87
Nestos Delta and adjoining lagoons 219.30

Isle of Man

(as of June 16, 2007)

Name Area (km2)
Ballaugh Curragh, Ballaugh (06/09/06) 1.93

Italy

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

Jersey

Name Area (km2)
Les Écrehous and Les Dirouilles 54.59
Les Minquiers 95.75
Les Pierres de Lecq 5.12

Kazakhstan

Name Area (km2)
Alakol-Sasykkol Lakes System 9,15
Koibagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System
Kulykol-Taldykol Lake System
Naurzum Lake System
Lakes of the lower Turgay & Irgiz
Tengiz-Korgalzhyn Lake System 3,533
Ural River Delta and adjacent Caspian Sea coast
Zharsor-Urkash Lake System

Latvia

Name Area (km2)
Lake Engure 0.2
Lake Kaņieris
Lubana Wetland Complex
Northern Bogs
Pape Wetland Complex
Teici and Pelecares bogs

Luxembourg

Name Area (km2)
Haff Réimech 3.1

Macedonia

Name Area (~ha)
Lake Dojran 2,696
Lake Prespa 18,920

Monaco

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

Poland

Romania

Name Area (km2)
Danube Delta 3446

Russia

Main article: Ramsar sites in Russia

Serbia

Name Area (ha)
Labudovo okno 3733
Lake Ludaš 593
Obedska bara 17501
Peštersko polje 3455
Slano Kopovo 976
Stari Begej - Carska Bara 1767

Spain

There are 49 Ramsar sites with a total of up to 173,126 ha.

Sweden

Name Area (km2)
Aloppkölen - Köpmankölen 201
Ånnsjön 110
Asköviken - Sörfjärden 122
Åsnen 168
Blekinge skärgård 125
Dalälven - Färnebofjärden 173
Dättern 40.1
Dumme mosse 33.5
Emån 15.8
Falsterbo - Foteviken 75.3
Fylleån 9.1
Gammelstadsviken 4.36
Getterön Nature Reserve 4.5
Gotlands eastern coast 49
Helgeån 80.5
Hjälstaviken 7.7
Hornborgasjön 65.1
Hovran with surroundings 48.6
Kallgate - Hejnum 16.5
Kilsviken 90.9
Klingavälsån - Krankesjön 39.7
Komosse 40.7
Kvismaren 7.8
Laidaure 41.5
Lundåkra vik 19.8
Mörrumsån - Pukavik 27.4
Mossaträsk - Stormyran 9.5
Nordre älvs estuary 72.1
Ölands eastern coast 84.6
Oldflån - Flån 101
Östen 10.1
Ottenby 16.1
Persöfjärden 33.2
Sjaunja 1,886
Skälderviken 13.5
Southern Bråviken 36.1
Stigfjorden 69.4
Stockholms outer archipelago 150
Store Mosse and Kävsjön 75.8
Storkölen 70.4
Sulsjön - Sulån 3.5
Svartån in Västmanland 22.3
Tåkern 56.5
Tärnasjön 118
Tavvavuoma 287
Tjålmejaure - Laisdalen 214
Tönnersjöheden - Årshultsmyren 123
Träslövsläge - Morups Tånge 19.9
Tysjöarna 4.1
Umeälvs delta 10.4
Western Lake Roxen 41.7

Switzerland

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

Turkey

Name Area (km2)
Akyatan Lagoon 49
Gediz delta 400

Ukraine

Main article: Ramsar sites in Ukraine
Name Area (km2)
Bakotska Bay, Khmelnytska Oblast 15.9
Berda River mouth, Berdianka Spit, Berdianska Bay, Zaporizka Oblast 18
Big Chapelsk Depression, Khersonska Oblast 23.59
Bilosaraiska Bay, Bilosaraiska Spit, Donetska Oblast 20
Cape Kazantyp, Crimea 2.51
Cape Opuk Crimea 7.75
Central Syvash, Khersonska Oblast, Crimea 800
Desna River floodplains Sumska Oblast 42.7
Dniester-Turunchuk crossrivers area, Odeska Oblast 760
Dnipro-Oril floodplains, Dnipropetrovska Oblast 25.6
Dnipro River Delta, Khersonska Oblast 260
Eastern Syvash Khersonska Oblast, Crimea 1,650
Karkinitska Bay, Dzharylgatska Bay Khersonska Oblast, Crimea 870
Karadag Crimea 2.24
Kryva Bay, Kryva Spit, Donetska Oblast 14
Kugurlui Lake, Odeska Oblast 65
Kyliiske Mouth @ Bastroe Channel, Odeska Oblast 328
Lake Kartal, Odeska Oblast 5
Lake Synevyr, Zakarpatska Oblast 0.29
Lower Smotrych River, Khmelnytska Oblast 14.8
Molochnyi Liman Zaporizka Oblast 224
Northern Part of the Dniester Liman Odeska Oblast 200
Obytochna Spit Obytochna Spit Zaporizka Oblast 20
Perebrody Peatlands, Rivnenska Oblast 127.18
Polissia Mires Zhytomyrska Oblast 21.45
Prypiat River floodplains, Volynska Oblast 120
Sasyk Lake (Sasyk Liman), Odeska Oblast 210
Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System, Odeska Oblast 190
Shatsk Lakes Volynska Oblast 328.5
Stokhid River floodplains, Volynska Oblast 100
Tendrivska Bay, Khersonska Oblast 380
Tyligulskyi Liman, Odeska Oblast, Mykolaivska Oblast 260
Yagorlytska Bay Khersonska Oblast, Mykolaivska Oblast 340

United Kingdom

See also: Jersey, list of Ramsar sites in Scotland
Name Area (km2)
Abberton Reservoir (Essex) 7.26
Alderney West Coast and the Burhou Islands (C.I.) 156.29
Akrotiri, Cyprus 21.71
Alde-Ore Estuary (Suffolk) 25.47
Arun Valley (W.Sussex) 52.9
Avon Valley (Hampshire) 13.85
Ballaugh Curragh (I.o.Man) 1.93
Ballynahone Bog (Co.Londonderry) 2.43
Belfast Lough (Co.Down, Co.Antrim) 4.32
Benfleet & Southend Marshes (Essex) 22.51
Bertha's Beach, Falkland Islands 40
Black Bog (Co.Tyrone) 1.83
Blackwater Estuary (Essex) 43.95
Booby Pond and Rookery, Cayman Islands 8.2
Breydon Water (Norfolk) 12.03
Bridgend Flats, Islay 3.31
Broadland (Norfolk) 46.23
Burry Inlet (Carmarthenshire) 66.72
Cairngorm Lochs 1.73
Caithness Lochs 13.79
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands 1,435.03
Cameron Reservoir 0.69
Carlingford Lough (Co.Down, Co.Louth) 8.31
Castle Loch, Lochmaben (Dumfries & Galloway) 1.08
Chesil Beach & The Fleet (Dorset) 7.48
Chichester and Langstone Harbours (Hampshire) 58.1
Chippenham Fen (Cambridgeshire) 1.12
Claish Moss 5.68
Coll (Argyll & Bute 22.09
Colne Estuary (Essex Coast) 27.01
Cors Caron (Ceredigion) 8.74
Cors Fochno & Dyfi (Ceredigion) 25.08
Corsydd Mon a Llyn (Anglesey and Llyn Fens) 6.26
Cromarty Firth 37.47
Crouch & Roach Estuaries (Essex Coast) 17.36
Crymlyn Bog 2.68
Cuilcagh Mountain 27.44
Deben Estuary (Suffolk) 9.79
Dee Estuary (Cheshire, Flintshire) 131.31
Dengie (Essex Coast) 31.27
Dersingham Bog (Norfolk) 1.58
Diego Garcia 354.24
Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch 0.51
Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet 78.37
Dorset Heathlands (Dorset) 67.3
Duddon Estuary 68.06
East Sanday Coast 15.15
Eilean Na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), Islay 5.76
Esthwaite Water 1.37
Exe Estuary (Devon) 23.46
Fairy Water Bogs 2.24
Fala Flow 3.18
Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs 0.43
Firth of Forth 63.14
Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary 69.18
Foulness (Essex Coast) 109.33
Garron Plateau 46.50
Garry Bog 15.5
Gibraltar Point 4.14
Gladhouse Reservoir 1.86
Greenlaw Moor 2.48
Gruinart Flats, Islay 32.61
Hamford Water 21.87
Holburn Lake and Moss 0.28
Humber Estuary 379.88
Hungry Bay Mangrove Swamp, Bermuda 0.02
Inner Moray Firth 23.39
Inner Clyde Estuary 18.25
Irthinghead Mires 7.92
Isles of Scilly 40.2
Kintyre Goose Roosts 3.12
Larne Lough 3.96
Lea Valley 44.8
Leighton Moss 1.29
Lewis Peatlands 589.84
Lihou Island and l'Erée Headland, Guernsey 4.27
Lindisfarne (Northumberland) 36.79
Llyn Idwal 0.14
Llyn Tegid 4.82
Loch Eye 20.5
Loch Ken & River Dee Marshes 7.69
Loch Leven 16.12
Loch Lomond 2.37
Loch Maree 31.74
Loch Neagh & Lough Beg 501.66
Loch Ruthven 2.01
Loch Spynie 0.94
Loch an Duin 26.21
Loch of Inch & Torrs Warren 21.11
Loch of Kinnordy 0.85
Loch of Lintrathen 2.17
Loch of Skene 1.21
Loch of Strathbeg 6.16
Lough Foyle 22.04
Lover's Lake Nature Reserve, Bermuda 0.02
Lower Derwent Valley 9.15
Magheraveely Marl Loughs 0.59
Malham Tarn 2.86
Martin Mere 1.2
Medway Estuary & Marshes (Kent) 46.97
Mersey Estuary 50.33
Midland Meres & Mosses (Phase 1) 5.11
Midland Meres & Mosses (Phase 2) 15.88
Minsmere - Walberswick (Suffolk) 20.19
Montrose Basin 9.85
Moray and Nairn Coast 24.12
Morecambe Bay 374.05
Muir of Dinnet 15.8
Nene Washes 15.17
New Forest, The (Hampshire) 16.12
Northumbria Coast (Northumberland) 11.08
North, Middle & East Caicos Islands 58.617
North Norfolk Coast 78.87
North Uist Machair and Islands 47.05
Ouse Washes 24.69
Paget Marsh, Bermuda 0.11
Pagham Harbour (Hampshire) 6.37
Pembroke Marsh East, Bermuda 0.08
Pettigoe Plateau 12.64
Pevensey Levels (E.Sussex) 35.78
Poole Harbour (Dorset) 24.39
Portsmouth Harbour (Hampshire) 12.49
Rannoch Moor 15.19
Redgrave and South Lopham Fens 1.27
Ribble and Alt Estuaries (Lancashire) 134.64
Rinns of Islay 35.71
River Spey - Insh Marshes 11.59
Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon 54.70
Rostherne Mere 0.8
Roydon Common 1.94
Rutland Water 13.6
Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands 10
Severn Estuary 247.01
Silver Flowe 6.2
Sleibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh (Tiree Wetlands and Coast) 19.39
Slieve Beagh 18.85
Solent and Southampton Water 54.15
Somerset Levels and Moors 63.88
Somerset Long Bay Pond, Bermuda 0.01
South East Coast of Jersey, Channel Islands 32.10
South Tayside Goose Roosts 3.31
South Uist Machair & Lochs 50.19
South West London Waterbodies 82.8
Spittal Pond, Bermuda 0.1
Stodmarsh (Kent) 4.81
Stour Estuary & Orwell Estuaries (Suffolk) 33.24
Strangford Lough 155.81
Swale, The (Kent) 65.15
Teesmouth & Cleveland Coast 12.47
Thames Estuary and Marshes (Essex, Kent) 55.89
Thanet Coast & Sandwich Bay (Kent) 21.69
Thursley & Ockley Bog (Surrey) 2.65
Turmennan Lough 0.15
Upper Lough Erne 58.18
Upper Solway Flats & Marshes 436.37
Walmore Common 0.53
Warwick Pond, Bermuda 25.08
Wash, The (Norfolk, Lincolnshire) 622.12
Western Salt Ponds of Anegada, British Virgin Islands 10.71
Westwater 0.5
Wicken Fen 2.54
Woodwalton Fen 2.08
Ythan Estuary & Meikle Loch 3.14

Australasia

Australia

See also: List of Ramsar sites in Australia
Name Area (~ha)
Apsley Marshes, Tasmania 880
Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve 58,300
Banrock Station, South Australia 1,375
Barmah Forest, near Barmah, Victoria 285,515
Becher Point Wetlands, Western Australia 677
Blue Lake, near Jindabyne, New South Wales 320
Bool Lagoon and Hacks Lagoon, South Australia 3,200
Bowling Green Bay National Park, North Queensland 35,500
Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land & Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern Territory 220,700
Coongie Lakes, South Australia 1,9800,000
Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia 140,500
Currawinya Lakes, Queensland 151,300
The Dales, Christmas Island 57
Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands, Victoria 261
Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia 175,487
Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps, New South Wales 689
Flood Plain Lower Ringarooma River, Tasmania 3,519
Forrestdale and Thompsons Lakes, Western Australia 754
Ginini Flats Wetland Complex, Australian Capital Territory 343
Gippsland Lakes, Victoria 60,015
Great Sandy Strait, Queensland 93,160
Gwydir Wetlands, New South Wales 823
Hunter Estuary, Newcastle, New South Wales 2,971
Hosnies Spring, Christmas Island 0.3
Hunter Estuary Wetlands, New South Wales 2,971
Interlaken, Tasmania 517
Jocks Lagoon, Tasmania 19
Kakadu National Park (Stage 1), Northern Territory 683,000
Kakadu National Park (Stage 2), Northern Territory 692,940
Lake Albacutya, Victoria 5,731
Lake Gore, Western Australia 4,017
Lake Toolibin, Western Australia 493
Lake Warden System, Western Australia 2,300
Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar Site, Western Australia 117,495
Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve, New South Wales 258
Little Waterhouse Lake, Tasmania 56
Logan Lagoon, Tasmania 2,257
Macquarie Marshes, New South Wales 18,726
Moreton Bay, Queensland 113,314
Moulting Lagoon, Tasmania 4,507
Muir-Byenup System, Western Australia 10,631
Narran Lake Nature Reserve, New South Wales 5,531
New South Wales Central Murray State Forests, New South Wales 84,028
Ord River Floodplain, Western Australia 141,453
Paroo River Wetlands, New South Wales 138,304
Peel-Yalgorup System, Western Australia 26,530
Pittwater-Orielton Lagoon, Tasmania 3,334
Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria 22,897
Riverland, South Australia 30,600
Roebuck Bay, Western Australia 34,119
Shoalwater and Corio Bays, Queensland 239,100
Towra Point Nature Reserve, New South Wales 387
Vasse-Wonnerup System, Western Australia 1,115
Western District Lakes, Victoria 32,898
Western Port, Victoria 59,297

New Zealand

Name Area (km2)
Farewell Spit 94.27
Firth of Thames 78
Kopuatai Peat Dome 96.65
Manawatu River mouth and estuary 2
Waituna Wetlands Scientific Reserve 35.56
Whangamarino Wetland 56.9

Papua New Guinea

Name Area (km2)
Lake Kutubu 4,924
Tonda Wildlife Management Area 5,900

Asia

Bahrain

Name Area (km2)
Tubli Bay
Hawar Islands

Bangladesh

Name Area (km2)
Sundarbans Reserved Forest 6,017
Tanguar Haor 100

Cambodia

Name Area (km2)
Boeng Tonle Chmar, part of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve 280

China

Name Area (km2)
Bitahai Wetland, Yunnan 19
Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve, Shanghai 326
Dafeng National Nature Reserve (Elaphurus davidianus), Jiangsu 780
Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia 7,400
Dalian National Spotted Seal Nature Reserve (Phoca vitulina), Liaoning 117
Dashanbao, Yunnan 07/12/04 59
Dongdongtinghu, Hunan 31/03/92 1,900
Dongzhaigang, Hainan 31/03/92 54
Eerduosi National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia 11/01/02 77
Eling Lake, Qinghai 07/12/04 659
Honghe National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang 11/01/02 218
Huidong Harbor Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve, Guangdong 11/01/02 4
Lashihai Wetland, Yunnan 07/12/04 36
Mai Po Marshes & Inner Deep Bay, New Territories, Hong Kong 04/09/95 15
Maidika, Tibet Autonomous Region 07/12/04 435
Mapangyong Cuo, Tibet Autonomous Region 07/12/04 738
Nan Dongting Wetland & Waterfowl Reserve, Hunan 11/01/02 1,680
Napahai Wetland, Yunnan 07/12/04 21
Niaodao (“Bird Island”), Qinghai 31/03/92 536
Poyanghu, Jiangxi 31/03/92 224
San Jiang National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang 11/01/02 1,644
Shankou Mangrove Nature Reserve, Guangxi 11/01/02 40
Shuangtai Estuary, Liaoning 07/12/04 1,280
Sihcao Wetlands,[5] Taiwan 12/10/07 5.15
Xi Dongting Lake (Mupinghu) Nature Reserve, Hunan 11/01/02 350
Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang 11/01/02 2,225
Xianghai, Jilin 31/03/92 1,055
Yancheng National Nature Reserve, Jiangsu 11/01/02 4,530
Zhaling Lake, Qinghai 07/12/04 649
Zhalong, Heilongjiang 31/03/92 2,100
Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve, Guangdong 11/01/02 203

Lebanon

Name Area (km2)
Ammiq Wetlands 2.8
Deir el Nouriyeh cliffs of Ras Chekaa
Palm Islands Nature Reserve 4.5
Tyre Beach 3.8

Pakistan

Name Area (km2)
Astola Island Site 50
Chashma Barrage Site 340.99
Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex Site 205
Drigh Lake Site 1.64
Haleji Lake Site 17.04
Hub Dam Site 270
Indus Delta Site 4,728
Indus Dolphin Reserve Site 1,250
Jiwani Coastal Wetland Site 46
Jubho Lagoon Site 7.6
Kinjhar Lake Site 134.68
Miani Hor Site 550
Nurri Lagoon Site 25.4
Ormara Turtle Beaches Site 24
Runn of Kutch Site 5,663.75
Tanda Dam Site 4.05
Taunsa Barrage Site 65.76
Thanedar Wala Site 40.47
Uchhali Complex Site 12.43
See also: List of Ramsar sites in Pakistan

Philippines

Name Area (km2)
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary 148
Naujan Lake National Park 146
Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary 58
Tubbataha Reefs Nat'l Marine Park ((Tubbataha Reef)) 332

Sri Lanka

Ramsar site Area
in ha
 Date of designation
Annaiwiludawa Tank Sanctuary
1,397
2001-08-03
Bundala
6,210
1990-06-15
Maduganga River
915
2003-12-11

Syria

Name Area (km2)
Sabkhat al-Jabbul Nature Reserve[6] (05/03/98) 100

Thailand

Name Ramsar ID Provinces Area
(km2)		 Date included
Kuan Ki Sian of the Thale Noi Non-hunting Area Wetlands 948 Phatthalun 4.94 May 1998
Bueng Khong Long Non-Hhunting 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 Khai 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
Hat Chao Mai Marine National Park -
Ko Libong 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 Ko 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
See also: List of Ramsar wetlands of Thailand

Guinea

Name Area (km²)
Ile Alcatraz 0.01
Ile Blanche 0.1
Iles Tristao 850
Konkouré 900
Niger-Mafou 10,155
Niger-Niandan-Milo 10,464
Niger-Source 1,804
Niger-Tinkisso 4,006
Rio Kapatchez 200
Rio Pongo 300
Sankarani-Fié 10,152
Tinkisso 8,960

India

(as of February 2, 2007)

Name Area (km²)
Ashtamudi Wetland, Kerala (19/08/02) 614
Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Orissa (19/08/02) 650
Bhoj Wetland, Madhya Pradesh (19/08/02) 32
Chandertal Wetland, Himachal Pradesh (08/11/05) .49
Chilka Lake, Orissa (01/10/81) 1165
Deepor Beel, Assam (19/08/02) 40
East Calcutta Wetlands, West Bengal (19/08/02) 125
Harike Lake(Harike Wetland), Punjab (23/03/90) 41
Hokera Wetland, Jammu and Kashmir (08/11/05) 13.75
Kanjli Wetland, Punjab (22/01/02) 1.83
Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan (01/10/81) 28.73
Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh (19/08/02) 901
Loktak Lake, Manipur (23/03/90) 266
Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu (19/08/02) 385
Pong Dam Lake, Himachal Pradesh (19/08/02) 156.62
Renuka Wetland, Himachal Pradesh (08/11/05) .2
Ropar Wetland, Punjab (22/01/02) 13.65
Rudrasagar Lake, Tripura (08/11/05) 2.4
Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan (23/03/90) 240
Sasthamkotta Lake, Kerala (19/08/02) 3.73
Surinsar-Mansar Lakes, Jammu and Kashmir (08/11/05) 3.5
Tsomoriri, Jammu and Kashmir (19/08/02) 120
Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch), Uttar Pradesh (08/11/05) 265.9
Vembanad-Kol Wetland, Kerala (19/08/02) 1512.5
Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir (23/03/90) 189

Indonesia

Name Area (km2)
Danau Sentarum National Park 1,320
Wasur National Park 4,138
Berbak Sentarum National Park 1,627

Iran

(as of November 8, 2005)

Name Area (km²)
Anzali Wetland Complex,[7] Gilan Province (23/06/75) 150
Arjan Meadow,[8] Fars Province (23/06/75) 22
Lake Gori,[9] East Azarbaijan Province (23/06/75) 1.2
Lake Kobi,[10] West Azarbaijan Province (23/06/75) 12
Lake Parishan,[8] Fars Province (23/06/75) 40
Miankaleh Peninsula, Gorgan Bay, Lapoo-Zaghmarz Ab-bandan,[11] Mazandaran Province (23/06/75) 1000

Israel

Name Area (km2)
En Afeq Nature Reserve 0.66
Hula Nature Reserve 3

Japan

Main article: Ramsar sites in Japan
Name Area (km2)
Lake Biwa 656.02
Lake Man 0.58
Kiritappu Wetland 25.04
Yatsu-higata 0.4

Malaysia

Name Area (km2)
Bera Lake in Pahang 311
Pulai River in Johor . 91
Kukup Island in Johor 6
Tanjung Piai in Johor 5
Trusan Kinabatangan Forest Reserve in Sabah 404
Kulamba Wildlife Reserve in Sabah 207
Kuala Maruap and Kuala Segama Forest Reserve in Sabah 177

Nepal

Name Area (ha)
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 17,500
Beeshazar Tal in Chitwan District 3,200
Ghodaghodi Tal in Kailali District 2,563
Jagdishpur Reservoir in Kapilvastu District 225
Gokyo Lakes in Sagarmatha National Park 7,770
Gosainkunda in Rasuwa District 1,030
Rara Lake in Rara National Park 1,583
Phoksundo Lake in Shey Phoksundo National Park 494
Mai Pokhari in Ilam District 12

Africa

Algeria

Name Area (km2)
Chott Ech Chergui 2000

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

Botswana

Name Area (km2)
Okavango Delta 55,324

Burkina Faso

Name Area (km2)
W National Park 2,350
La Mare d'Oursi 450
La Mare aux Hippopotames 192

Burundi

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

Chad

Name Area (km2)
Lake Chad National Park 16,482
Lake Fitri 1,950

Comoros

Name Area (km2)
Lake Dziani Boundouni 0.3

Côte d'Ivoire

Name Area (km2)
Complexe Sassandra-Dagbego 105.51
Fresco 155.07
Grand-Bassam 402.10
Îles Ehotilé-Essouman 272.74
N’Ganda N’Ganda 144.02
Parc national d’Azagny 194

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Name Area (km2)
Mangroves National Park 660
Virunga National Park 8,000
Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe 65,696

Djibouti

Name Area (km²)
Haramous-Loyada 30

Equatorial Guinea

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

Gabon

Name Area (km²)
Petit Loango 4,800
Setté Cama 2,200
Wongha-Wonghé 3,800

Ghana

Name Area (~ha)
Anlo-Keta Lagoon Complex, Volta 127780
Densu Delta, Greater Accra 4620
Muni Lagoon, Central 8670
Owabi, Ashanti 7260
Sakumo Lagoon, Greater Accra 1340
Songor Lagoon, Greater Accra 28740

Kenya

Name Area (km2)
Lake Baringo 314
Lake Bogoria 107
Lake Elmenteita 109
Lake Naivasha 300
Lake Nakuru 188

Madagascar

Name Area (km2)
Complexe des lacs de Manambolomaty 75
Le Lac Alaotra: les zones humides et basin 7,225
Lac Tsimanampetsotsa 456

Mali

Name Area (km2)
Inner Niger Delta 41195

Montenegro

Name Area (km2)
Skadar lake 200

Mozambique

Name Area (km2)
Complexo de Marromeu 6,880

Niger

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

Nigeria

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

Republic of the Congo

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

Senegal

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

Sierra Leone

Name Area (km2)
Sierra Leone River Estuary (13/12/99) 2950

South Africa

Name Area (km2)
Barberspan 31
Blesbokspruit 18
De Hoop Vlei 7
De Mond (Heuningnes Estuary) 9
Drakensberg Park 2,428
Kosi Bay 110
Lake Sibhayi 77
Langebaan 60
Ndumo Game Reserve 101
Nylsvley Nature Reserve 40
Orange River Mouth 20
Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve 48
St Lucia System 1,555
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of Tongaland 395
Verloren Valei Nature Reserve 59
Verlorenvlei 15
Wilderness Lakes 13

Tanzania

Name Area (km2)
Kilombero Valley Floodplain 7,967.35
Lake Natron basin 2,247.81
Malagarasi-Muyovoziwetlands 32,500
Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa Marine Ramsar Site 5,969.08

Zambia

Name Area (km2)
Bangweulu Swamps 11,000
Busanga Swamp, Kafue National Park 2,000
Kafue Flats inc. Lochinvar National Park & Blue Lagoon National Park 6,005
Lake Tanganyika (portion in Zambia) 2,300
Luangwa floodplains 2,500
Lukanga Swamp 2,600
Mweru wa Ntipa 4,900
Zambezi Floodplain (Barotse Floodplain) 9,000

South America

Bolivia

Name Area (km2)
Bañados de Izozog y el río Parapetí 6,158.82
Cuenca del Tajzara 55
Laguna Colorada 513.18
Laguna Concepción 311.24
Lake Poopó and Lake Uru Uru 9,676.07
Lake Titicaca 8,000
Palmar de las Islas y Salinas de San José 8,567.54
Pantanal boliviano 31,898.88

Brazil

(as of February 2, 2007)

Name Area (km2)
Baixada maranhense Environmental Protection Area (Maranhão) (29/02/00) 17,750.36
Ilha do Bananal (Tocantins) (04/10/93) 5,623.12
Lagoa do Peixe (Rio Grande do Sul) (24/05/93) 344
Mamirauá (Amazonas) (04/10/93) 11,240
Pantanal Matogrossense National Park (Mato Grosso) (24/05/93) 1,350
Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel Manoel Luís (including Baixios do Mestre Álvaro e Tarol) (Maranhão) (29/02/00) 345.56
Reentrâncias maranhenses (Maranhão) (30/11/93) 26,809.11
SESC Pantanal Private Natural Heritage Reserve (Mato Grosso) (06/12/02) 878.71

Chile

Name Area (km2)
Bahía Lomas 589.46
Carlos Anwandter Sanctuary 48.77
Humedal El Yali 5.2
Laguna del Negro Francisco y Laguna Santa Rosa 624.6
Salar de Surire 158.58
Salar de Tara 54.43
Salar del Huasco 60
Santuario de la Naturaleza Laguna Conchalí 0.34
Sistema Hidrológico de Soncor 50.16

North America

Belize

Name Area (km2)
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 66
Sarstoon Temash National Park 170

Canada

Name Area (km2)
Alaksen 6
Baie de l’Isle-Verte 22
Beaverhill Lake 181
Cap Tourmente 24
Chignecto Bay 10
Creston Valley 70
Delta Marsh 230
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary 8,159
Grand Codroy Estuary 9
Hay-Zama Lakes 500
Lac Saint-François 23
Lac Saint-Pierre 120
Last Mountain Lake 156
Long Point 137
Malpeque Bay 244
Mary's Point 12
Matchedash Bay 18
McConnell River Migratory Bird Sanctuary 328
Mer Bleue Conservation Area 33
Minesing Swamp 60
Musquodoboit Harbour 19
Oak Hammock Marsh 36
Old Crow Flats 6,170
Peace-Athabasca Delta 3,213
Point Pelee 16
Polar Bear Pass 2,624
Polar Bear Provincial Park 24,087
Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary 62,782
Quill Lakes 635
Rasmussen Lowlands 3,000
Shepody Bay 122
Southern Bight-Minas Basin 268
Southern James Bay (Moose River & Hannah Bay) 253
St. Clair 2
Tabusintac Lagoon and River Estuary 50
Whooping Crane Summer Range 16,895

United States

Name Area (km2)
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Nevada) 93
Bolinas Lagoon (California) 8
Cache River (Illinois) 242.81
Cache-Lower White Rivers (Arkansas) 813.76
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (Arkansas)
White River National Wildlife Refuge (Arkansas)
Caddo Lake (Texas and Louisiana) 79.77
Catahoula Lake (Louisiana) 121.5
Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex (Maryland-Virginia) 450
Cheyenne Bottoms (Kansas) 109.78
Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex (Connecticut) 64.84
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Florida) 52.61
Delaware Bay Estuary (Delaware-New Jersey) 512.52
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey) 130.8
Everglades National Park (Florida) 6,104.97
Grassland Ecological Area (California) 650
Horicon Marsh (Wisconsin) 129.12
Humbug Marsh (Michigan) 1.88
Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) 1,684.33
Kawainui and Hamakua Marsh Complex (Hawaii) 4.14
Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Complex 15.76
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (Georgia-Florida) 1,626.35
Olentangy River Wetland Research Park (Ohio) 0.20
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) 19.08
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (Kansas) 89.58
Roswell Artesian Wetlands (New Mexico) 9.17
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (South Dakota) 87
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (California) 10.2
Tomales Bay (California) 28.5
Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois) 1,223.57
Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park (Ohio) 0.21

Ecuador

Name Area (km²)
Cajas National Park 285.44
Machalilla National Park 144.3

Guatemala

Name Area (km²)
Eco-región Lachuá, Alta Verapaz (24-05-2006) 535.23
Manchón-Guamuchal, San Marcos (25-04-1995) 135.00
Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre, Petén (26-06-1990) 3350.80
Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo, Petén (02-02-2006) 371.60
Punta de Manabique, Izabal (28-01-2000) 1329.00
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Bocas del Polochic, Izabal (20-03-1996) 212.27
Reserva de Usos Múltiples Río Sarstún, Izabal (22-03-2005) 352.02

Honduras

Name Area (km²)
Barras de Cuero y Salado, Atlántida (23-06-1993) 132.25
Laguna de Bacalar, Gracias a Dios (03-02-2003) 73.94
Parque Nacional Jeanette Kawas, Atlántida (28-03-1995) 781.50
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Punta Izopo, Atlántida (20-03-1996) 112.00
Sistema de Humedales de la Zona Sur de Honduras, Tegucigalpa (10-07-1999) 697.11

Mexico

(as of February 2, 2007)

Name Area (km2)
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila (22/06/95) 843.5
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna de Términos, Campeche (02/02/04) 7050
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam, Quintana Roo (02/02/04) 1540.5
Áreas de Protección de Flora y Fauna de Nahá y Metzabok, Chiapas (02/02/04) 72.16
Arrecife de Cozumel National Park, Quintana Roo (02/02/05) 119.87
Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park, Quintana Roo (02/02/04) 90.66
Arrecifes de Xcalak National Park, Quintana Roo (27/11/03) 179.49
Bahía de Loreto National Park, Baja California Sur (02/02/04) 2065.81
Bala’an K’aax, Quintana Roo (02/02/04) 1316.1
Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo (02/02/04) 1443.60
Cañón del Sumidero National Park, Chiapas (02/02/04) 217.89
Cascadas de Texolo y su entorno, Veracruz (02/02/06) 5
Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco (02/02/04) 131.42
Ciénegas de Lerma, Mexico (02/02/04) 30.23
Corredor Costero La Asamblea – San Francisquito, Baja California (27/11/05) 443.04
Cuencas y corales de la zona costera de Huatulco, Oaxaca (27/11/03) 444
Dzilam (reserva estatal), Yucatán (07/12/00) 617.07
Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California (02/02/06 23.93
Humedal de Importancia Especialmente para la Conservación de Aves Acuáticas Reserve Ría Lagartos, Yucatán (04/07/86) 603.48
Humedales de la Laguna La Popotera, Veracruz (05/06/05) 19.75
Humedales del Delta del Río Colorado, Baja California, Sonora (20/03/96) 2500
Humedales del Lago de Pátzcuaro, Michoacán (02/02/05) 7.07
Isla Contoy National Park, Quintana Roo (27/11/03) 51.26
Isla Isabel National Park, Nayarit (27/11/03) .94
Islas Marietas, Nayarit (02/02/04) 13.57
Isla San Pedro Mártir, Sonora (02/02/04) 301.65
Isla Rasa, Baja California (02/02/06) .66
La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas (20/03/96) 1448.68
La Mancha y El Llano, Veracruz (02/02/04) 14.14
Laguna Costera El Caimán, Michoacán (02/02/05) 11.25
Laguna de Atotonilco, Jalisco (18/03/06) 28.50
Laguna de Chichankanab, Quintana Roo (02/02/04) 19.99
Laguna de Metztitlán, Hidalgo (02/02/04) 29.37
Laguna de Sayula, Jalisco (02/02/04) 168
Laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz (27/11/05) 880
Laguna de Tecocomulco, Hidalgo (27/11/03) 17.69
Laguna de Yuriria, Guanajuato (02/02/04) 150.2
Laguna de Zacapu, Michoacán (05/06/05) .4
Laguna de Zapotlán, Jalisco (05/06/05) 14.96
Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas (02/02/04) 3078.94
Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Baja California Sur (02/02/04) 366
Laguna Playa Colorada-Santa María La Reforma, Sinaloa (02/02/04) 531.4
Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur (02/02/04) 175
Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas (27/11/03) 60.22
Los Petenes Biosphere Reserve, Campeche (02/02/04) 2828.57
Manglares y humedales de la Laguna de Sontecomapan, Veracruz (02/02/04) 89.21
Manglares y humedales de Tuxpan, Veracruz (02/02/06) 68.70
Marismas Nacionales, Sinaloa, Nayarit (22/06/95) 2000
Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve, Tabasco (22/06/95) 3027.06
Playa Tortuguera Cahuitán, Oaxaca (02/02/04) .65
Playa Tortuguera Chenkán, Campeche (02/02/04) 1
Playa Tortuguera El Verde Camacho, Sinaloa (02/02/04) 64.54
Playa Tortuguera Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas (27/11/03) .30
Playa Tortuguera Tierra Colorada, Guerrero (27/11/03) .54
Playa Tortuguera X’cacel-X’cacelito, Quintana Roo (02/02/04) 3.62
Playón Mexiquillo, Michoacán (02/02/04) .67
Presa Jalpan, Querétaro (02/02/04) .68
Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Mexican Island Territory (02/02/04) 6366.85
Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán (02/02/04) 814.82
Reserva Estatal El Palmar, Yucatán (27/11/03) 501.77
Sian Ka’an, Quintana Roo (27/11/03) 6521.93
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Park, Veracruz (02/02/04) 522.38
Sistema de Lagunas Interdunarias de la Ciudad de Veracruz, Veracruz (02/02/05) 1.41
Sistema Lacustre Ejidos de Xochimilco y San Gregorio Atlapulco, Distrito Federal (02/02/04) 26.57
Sistema Lagunar Alvarado, Veracruz (02/02/04) 2670.1

Trinidad and Tobago

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

References

  1. ^ Ramsar list
  2. ^ Ramsar Sites Database
  3. ^ The Strategic Framework, Handbook No. 14, Ramsar Web site. All issues pertaining to the Ramsar List were encapsulated in Resolution VII.11 adopted by the Conference of the Parties in May 1999 and entitled Strategic Framework and guidelines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance.
  4. ^ a b c Ramsar-områder - 27 specielt naturbeskyttet områder
  5. ^ "Sihcao Wetland introduction" quoted from TT News, accessed 5 January 2009
  6. ^ "National Report of Syria for COP7" Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 1999
  7. ^ "Ramsar Information Sheet: Anzali Wetlands Complex", accessed 28 November 2008
  8. ^ a b "Ramsar Information Sheet: Lake Lake Parishan and Dashte-Arjan", accessed 1 December 2008
  9. ^ "Ramsar Information Sheet: Lake Gori", accessed 1 December 2008
  10. ^ "Ramsar Information Sheet: Lake Kobi", accessed 1 December 2008
  11. ^ "Ramsar Information Sheet: Miankaleh Peninsula, Gorgan Bay and Lapoo-Zaghmarz Ab-bandans", accessed 28 November 2008