Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type
The Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type is a wetland classification developed within the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands intended as a means for fast identification of the main types of wetlands for the purposes of the Convention.[1]
List
Marine/coastal wetlands
- Saline water:
- Permanent:
- Shores:
- (D) Rocky marine shores
- (E) Sand, shingle or pebble shores
- Saline or brackish water:
- Intertidal:
- (G) Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats
- (H) Intertidal marshes
- (I) Intertidal forested wetlands
- Lagoons:
- (J) Coastal brackish/saline lagoons
- Estuarine waters:
- (F) Estuarine waters
- Intertidal:
- Saline, brackish, or fresh water:
- Subterranean:
- (Zk(a)) Karst and other Subterranean hydrological systems
- Subterranean:
- Fresh water:
- Lagoons:
- (K) Coastal freshwater lagoons
- Lagoons:
Inland wetlands
- Fresh water:
- Flowing water:
- Permanent:
- Permanent inland river deltas (L)
- Permanent rivers/creeks/streamss (M)
- Freshwater springs, oases (Y)
- Seasonal/intermittent rivers/creeks/streams (N)
- Permanent:
- Lakes/pools:
- (O)
- (Tp)
- (P)
- (Ts)
- Marshes on inorganic soils:
- (Tp)
- (W)
- (Xf)
- (Ts)
- Marshes on peat soils:
- (U)
- (Xp)
- Marshes on inorganic or peat soils:
- (Va)
- (Vt)
- Flowing water:
- Saline, brackish or alkaline waters:
- Lakes
- (Q)
- (R)
- Marshes/pools
- (Sp)
- (Ss)
- Lakes
- Fresh, saline, brackish or alkaline waters:
- Geothermal (Zg)
- Subterranean (Zk(b))
Human-made wetlands
- (1) - Aquaculture ponds
- (2) - Ponds (farm and stock ponds, small stock tanks, or area less than 8 ha)
- (3)
- (4)
- (5)
- (6)
- (7)
- (8)
- (9)
- (Zk(c)) - human-made karst and other subterranean hydrological systems