Ukraine has 50 Ramsar sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar sites in Ukraine have a total surface area of approximately 802604ha. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into effect for Ukraine on 1 December 1991.[1]
Name | Oblast | Area (km2) | Designated | Description | Image | ||
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Bakota Bay[2] | Khmelnytskyi 48.5833°N 82°W | align=right | 15.9 | 29 July 2004 | part of National Park "Podilski Tovtry", Dniester valley | ||
Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk Bay[3] | Zaporizhzhia 46.7333°N 84°W | align=right | 18 | ||||
Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk Spit[4] | Donetsk 46.9°N 57°W | align=right | 20 | ||||
Great Chapli Depression[5] | Kherson 46.4833°N 84°W | align=right | 23.59 | part of Askania-Nova Reserve | |||
Cheremske Mire | align=right | 328 | |||||
Chilia branch (Kilia) | align=right | 328 | |||||
Desna River floodplains | Sumy 52.3167°N 56°W | align=right | 42.7 | ||||
Dnieper River Delta | align=right | 260 | |||||
Dnieper-Orli floodplains | align=right | 25.6 | |||||
align=right | 200 | ||||||
align=right | 760 | ||||||
Karadag rocky shore habitat | align=right | 2.24 | |||||
Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays | Kherson, Crimea 46°N 38°W | align=right | 870 | 23 November 1995 | The Karkinit Bay is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the southwestern Crimean Peninsula from mainland Ukraine. | ||
align=right | 5 | ||||||
Cape Kazantyp rocky shore habitat | Crimea 45.4667°N 86°W | align=right | 2.51 | 29 July 2004 | A headland located in the northeastern part of the Crimean peninsula. | ||
Kremenchuk Floodplains | align=right | ||||||
Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit | align=right | 14 | |||||
align=right | 65 | ||||||
Molochnyi Estuary | align=right | 224 | |||||
align=right | 20 | ||||||
Cape Opuk nearshore habitat | Crimea 45.0167°N 48°W | align=right | 7.75 | ||||
align=right | 127.18 | ||||||
align=right | 21.45 | ||||||
Prypiat River floodplains | align=right | 120 | |||||
align=right | 210 | ||||||
Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes system | align=right | 190 | |||||
align=right | 328.5 | The largest Ukrainian lake complex, with 23 lakes separated by peat bogs, meadows and forests. | |||||
align=right | 14.8 | ||||||
Stokhid River floodplains | align=right | 100 | |||||
align=right | 0.29 | ||||||
Kherson, Crimea 46.1167°N 49°W | align=right | 800 | |||||
align=right | 1,650 | ||||||
align=right | 380 | ||||||
align=right | 260 | ||||||
Yahorlyk Bay[6] | align=right | 340 |