List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance

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.

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.

The complete list of Wetlands of International Importance is accessible from the Ramsar website: www.ramsar.org

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Africa

Lake Chad is a Transboundary Ramsar Site of International Importance, 16,482 km squared

Algeria

Name	Area (km2)
Chott Ech Chergui	2000

Benin

Name	Area (km2)
Basse Vallée du Couffo, Côtiere Lagoon, Chenal Aho, Lake Ahémé	475
Basse Vallée de l'Ouémé, Porto-Novo Lagoon, Lake Nokoué	916
Site Ramsar du Complexe W	8,954.80
Zone humide de la rivière Pendjari	1,447.74

Botswana

Hippos in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Name	Area (km2)
Okavango Delta	55,374

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

Cameroon

Name	Area (km2)
Barombi Mbo Crater Lake	4.15
Estuaire du Rio Del Rey	1,650
Partie Camerounaise du fleuve Ntem	398.48
Partie Camerounaise du fleuve Sangha	62
Partie Camerounaise du Lac Tchad	125
The Waza Logone Floodplain	6,000
Zone humide d'Ebogo	30.97

Cape Verde

Name	Area (km2)
Curral Velho
Lagoa de Pedra Badejo
Lagoa de Rabil
Salinas de Porto Inglês

Central African Republic

Name	Area (km2)
Les rivières de Mbaéré-Bodingué	1,013
Rivière Sangha située en République Centrafricaine	2,750

Chad

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Fitri	1,950

Comoros

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Dziani Boundouni	0.3
Le Karthala	130
Le Mont Ntringui	30

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

Lake Mai-Ndombe at Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe, 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

Egypt

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Bardawil	595
Lake Burullus	462
Lake Qarun Protected Area	1340.42
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area	1757.90

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

Gambia

Name	Area (km2)
Baobolon Wetland Reserve	200
Niumi National Park	49.4
Tanbi Wetland Complex	63.04

Ghana

Name	Area (km2)
Keta Lagoon Complex	1,277.8
Densu Delta,	46.2
Muni Lagoon	86.7
Owabi	72.6
Sakumo Lagoon	13.4
Songor Lagoon	287.4

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

Guinea-Bissau

Name	Area (km2)
Lagoa de Cufada	390.98

Kenya

Lake Baringo in Kenya

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Baringo	314
Lake Bogoria	107
Lake Elmenteita	109
Lake Naivasha	300
Lake Nakuru	188
Tana River Delta Ramsar Site	1,636

Lesotho

Name	Area (km2)
Lets'eng-la-Letsie	4.34

Liberia

Name	Area (km2)
Gbedin Wetlands	0.25
Kpatawee Wetlands	8.35
Lake Piso	760.91
Marshall Wetlands	121.68
Mesurado Wetlands	67.6

Libya

Name	Area (km2)
Ain Elshakika	0.33
Ain Elzarga	0.5

Madagascar

Name	Area (km2)
Complexe des lacs de Manambolomaty	74.91
Lac Kinkony	138
Lac Tsimanampetsotsa	456.04
Le Lac Alaotra: wetlands and watershed	7,225
Marais de Torotorofotsy avec leurs bassins versants	99.93
Parc de Tsarasaotra	0.05
Rivière Nosivolo et affluents	3,585.11
Zone humide de Mandrozo	151.45
Zones humides de Bedo	19.62

Mali

Name	Area (km2)
Inner Niger Delta	41195

Malawi

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Chilwa	2248

Mauritania

Name	Area (km2)
Banc d'Arguin	12,000
Chat Tboul	155
Lac Gabou et le réseau hydrographique du Plateau du Tagant	95
Parc National du Diawling	156

Mauritius

Name	Area (km2)
Blue Bay Marine Park	3.53
Pointe d'Esny Wetland	0.22
Rivulet Terre Rouge Estuary Bird Sanctuary	0.26

Morocco

Name	Area (km2)
Aguelmams Sidi Ali – Tifounassine	6
Archipel et dunes d'Essawira	40
Baie d'Ad-Dakhla	400
Baie de Khnifiss	200
Barrage Al Massira	140
Barrage Mohammed V	50
Cap des Trois Fourches	50
Complexe de Sidi Moussa-Walidia	100
Complexe du bas Loukkos	36
Complexe du bas Tahaddart	110
Embouchure de l'oued Dr'a	100
Embouchure de la Moulouya	30
Embouchures des oueds Chbeyka-Al Wa'er	80
Lac d'Afennourir	8
Lacs Isly-Tislite	8
Marais ete côte du Plateau de Rmel	13
Merja Sidi Boughaba	6.5
Merja Zerga	73
Moyenne Dr'a	450
Oasis du Tafilalet	650
Sebkha Bou Areg	140
Sebkha Zima	7.6
Zones humides de l'oued El Maleh	12
Zones humides de Souss-Massa	10

Mozambique

Name	Area (km2)
Marromeu Complex	6,880
Lake Niassa and its Coastal Zone	13,637

Namibia

Name	Area (km2)
Etosha Pan, Lake Oponono & Cuvelai drainage	6000
Orange River Mouth	5
Sandwich Harbour	165
Walvis Bay	126

Niger

African elephants in W National Park, 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

Rwanda

Name	Area (km2)
Rugezi-Bulera-Ruhondo

Republic of the Congo

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

Sao Tome and Principe

Name	Area (km2)
Ilots Tinhosas	0.23

Senegal

The Saloum Delta in Senegal

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

Seychelles

Name	Area (km2)
Aldabra Atoll	439
Mare Aux Cochons High Altitude Freshwater Wetlands	0.01
Port Launay Coastal Wetlands	1.21

Sierra Leone

Name	Area (km2)
Sierra Leone River Estuary	2950

South Africa

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

South Sudan

Name	Area (km2)
Sudd	57,000

Sudan

Name	Area (km2)
Dinder National Park	10,846
Dongonab Bay – Marsa Waiai	2800
Suakin – Gulf of Agig	11,250

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

Togo

Name	Area (km2)
Bassin versant Oti-Mandouri	4,250
Parc national de la Keran	1,634
Reserve de faune de Togodo	310
Zones Humides du Littoral du Togo	5,910

Uganda

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Bisina Wetland System	542.29
Lake George	150
Lake Mburo-Nakivali Wetland System	268.34
Lake Nabugabo wetland system	220
Lake Nakuwa Wetland System	911.5
Lake Opeta Wetland System	689.12
Lutembe Bay	0.98
Mabamba Bay Wetland System	24.24
Murchison Falls-Albert Delta Wetland System	172.93
Nabajjuzi Wetland System	17.53
Rwenzori Mountains Ramsar Site	995
Sango Bay-Musambwa Island-Kagera Wetland System (SAMUKA)	51.1

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
Lake Mweru Wantipa	4,900
Zambezi Floodplain (Barotse Floodplain)	9,000

Zimbabwe

Name	Area (km2)
Cleveland Dam
Chinhoyi Caves
Driefontein Grasslands
Lake Chivero and Manyame
Mana Pools
Monavale Wetland
Victoria Falls National Park

Asia

Mudflats in Sundarbans Reserved Forest in Bangladesh

Bahrain

Name	Area (km2)
Tubli Bay
Hawar Islands

Bangladesh

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

Bhutan

Name	Area (km2)
Bumdeling	1.42
Khotokha	1.14

Cambodia

Name	Area (km2)
Boeng Chhmar and Associated River System and Floodplain, part of the Tonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve	280
Koh Kapik and Associated Islets	120
Middle Stretches of the Mekong River north of Stoeng Treng	146

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	59
Dongdongtinghu, Hunan	1,900
Dongzhaigang, Hainan	54
Eerduosi National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia	77
Eling Lake, Qinghai	659
Honghe National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang	218
Huidong Harbor Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve, Guangdong	4
Lashihai Wetland, Yunnan	36
Mai Po Marshes & Inner Deep Bay, New Territories, Hong Kong	15
Maidika, Tibet Autonomous Region	435
Mapangyong Cuo, Tibet Autonomous Region	738
Nan Dongting Wetland & Waterfowl Reserve, Hunan	1,680
Napahai Wetland, Yunnan	21
Niaodao ("Bird Island"), Qinghai	536
Poyanghu, Jiangxi	224
San Jiang National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang	1,644
Shankou Mangrove Nature Reserve, Guangxi	40
Shuangtai Estuary, Liaoning	1,280
Sihcao Wetlands, Taiwan	5.15
Xi Dongting Lake (Mupinghu) Nature Reserve, Hunan	350
Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang	2,225
Xianghai, Jilin	1,055
Yancheng National Nature Reserve, Jiangsu	4,530
Zhaling Lake, Qinghai	649
Zhalong, Heilongjiang	2,100
Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve, Guangdong	203

India

S.No.	Name	Date of Designation	Region/Province/State	Area(Hectare)
1	Ashtamudi Wetland	19/08/02	Kerala	61,400
2	Bhitarkanika Mangroves	19/08/02	Odisha	65,000
3	Bhoj Wetland	19/08/02	Madhya Pradesh	3,201
4	Chandertal Wetland	08/11/05	Himachal Pradesh	49
5	Chilika Lake	01/10/81	Odisha	116,500
6	Deepor Beel	19/08/02	Assam	4,000
7	East Calcutta/Kolkata Wetlands	19/08/02	West Bengal	12,500
8	Harike Lake	23/03/90	Punjab	4,100
9	Hokera Wetland	08/11/05	Jammu & Kashmir	1,375
10	Knjali Lake	22/01/02	Punjab	183
11	Keoladeo National Park/Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary	01/10/81	Rajasthan	2,873
12	Kolleru Lake	19/08/02	Andhra Pradesh	90,100
13	Loktak Lake	23/03/90	Manipur	26,600
14	Nalsarowar Bird Sanctuary	24/09/12	Gujarat	12,000
15	Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary	19/08/02	Tamil Nadu	38,500
16	Pong Dam Lake	19/08/02	Himachal Pradesh	15,662
17	Renuka Wetland	08/11/05	Himachal Pradesh	20
18	Ropar Lake	22/01/02	Punjab	1,365
19	Rudrasagar Lake	08/11/05	Tripura	240
20	Sambhar Lake	23/03/90	Rajasthan	24,000
21	Sasthamkotta Lake	19/08/02	Kerala	373
22	Surinsar-Mansar Lake	08/11/05	Jammu & Kashmir	350
23	Tsomoriri	19/08/02	Jammu & Kashmir	12,000
24	Upper Ganga River(Brijghat to Narora Stretch)	08/11/05	Uttar Pradesh	26,590
25	Vembanad-Kol Wetland	19/08/02	Kerala	151,250
26	Wular Lake	23/03/90	Jammu & Kashmir	18,900

Indonesia

Danau Sentarum in Indonesia

Name	Area (km2)
Berbak	1,627
Danau Sentarum	800
Pulau Rambut Wildlife Reserve	0.90
Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park	1,051.94
Wasur National Park	4,138.1
Sembilang National Park	2,028.96

Iran

Name	Area (km2)
Anzali Wetland Complex,	150
Arjan Meadow,	22
Lake Gori,	1.2
Lake Kobi,	12
Lake Parishan,	40
Miankaleh Peninsula, Gorgan Bay, Lapoo-Zaghmarz Ab-bandan	1000
Shadegan Ponds	2
Hawizeh Marsh (Haur Al-Hawizeh)	1377

Israel

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

Japan

Main article: Ramsar sites in Japan

Jordan

Name	Area (km2)
Azraq Oasis	73.72

Kuwait

Name	Area (km2)
Mubarak Al-Kabeer	509.48

Laos

Name	Area (km2)
Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands	23.6
Xe Champhone Wetlands	124

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

Malaysia

Name	Area (km2)
Bera Lake	311
Pulai River	91
Kukup Island	6
Tanjung Piai	5
Lower Kinabatangan Segama Wetlands	788
Kuching Wetlands National Park	170

Mongolia

Main article: Ramsar sites in Mongolia

Myanmar

Name	Area (km2)
Moyingyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary	2.56

Nepal

Name	Area (km2)
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve	175
Bishazari Tal in Chitwan District	32
Ghodaghodi Tal in Kailali District	25.63
Jagdishpur Reservoir in Kapilvastu District	2.25
Gokyo Lakes in Sagarmatha National Park	77.7
Gosainkunda in Rasuwa District	10.3
Rara Lake in Rara National Park	15.83
Phoksundo Lake in Shey Phoksundo National Park	4.94
Mai Pokhari in Ilam District	0.9

Pakistan

Main article: List of Ramsar Wetland sites in Pakistan

Philippines

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in the Philippines

Sri Lanka

Name	Area (km2)
Annaiwiludawa Tank Sanctuary	13.97
Bundala	62.10
Maduganga River	9.15
Vankalai Sanctuary	48.39
Kumana Wetland Cluster	190.11

Syria

Name	Area (km2)
Sabkhat al-Jabbul Nature Reserve	100

Tajikistan

Name	Area (km2)
Karakul Lake	364
Kayrakum Reservoir	520
Lower part of Pyandj River
Shorkul and Rangkul lakes	24
Zorkul Lake	38

Thailand

Main article: List of Ramsar wetlands of Thailand

Turkmenistan

Name	Area (km2)
Turkmenbashy Bay	2671.24

United Arab Emirates

Name	Area (km2)
Mangrove and Alhafeya Protected Area in Khor Kalba	14.94
Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary	6.20
Wadi Wurayah National Park	127

Uzbekistan

Name	Area (km2)
Aydar Arnasay Lakes System	5,271
Lake Dengizkul	331

Vietnam

Name	Area (km2)
Ba Bể	100.48
Bàu Sấu Wetlands and Seasonal Floodplains	137.59
Cape Cà Mau National Park	418.62
Tràm Chim National Park	73.13
Xuân Thủy Natural Wetland Reserve	120

Yemen

Name	Area (km2)
Detwah Lagoon

Europe

Albania

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Shkodër and Buna river	495.62
Karavasta Lagoon	2,000
Butrint National Park	135

Andorra

Name	Area (km2)
Parc naturel de la vallée de Sorteny (Parc natural de la vall de Sorteny)	10.80

Armenia

Name	Area (km2)
Khor Virap Marsh	0.5
Lake Arpi	32.30
Lake Sevan	4902.31

Azerbaijan

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Ağgöl (Ağgöl National Park)	5
Gizil-Agach State Reserve	990.6

Belarus

Name	Area (km2)
Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve	851.5
Duleby Island-Zaozerye	307.7
Kotra	105.8
Kozyansky	260.6
Mid-Pripyat State Landscape Zakaznik
Morochno
Olmany Mires Zakaznik
Pripyatsky National Park
Prostyr
Sporovsky Biological Reserve
Stary Zhaden
Vigonoshchanskoe
Vydritsa
Yelnia
Zvanets

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Name	Area (km2)
Bardaca Wetlands	35
Hutovo Blato	74.11
Livanjsko Polje	458.68

Bulgaria

Name	Area (km2)
Persina	183
Dragoman marsh	149
Ropotamo	55
Srebarna	14
Lake Atanasovsko	14
Poda	3
Durankulak lake	3

Croatia

Name	Area (km2)
Crna Mlaka	7.56
Kopački Rit	238.94
Vransko Lake	57.48
Lonjsko Polje and Mokro Polje (incl. Krapje Djol)	512.18
Neretva River Delta	127.42

Cyprus

Name	Area (km2)
Akrotiri (British Overseas Territory)	21.71
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)
Ertholmene	12.66
Horsens Fjord and Endelave	427.37
Lille Vildmose	73.93
Lillebælt	351.89
Læsø	665.48
Madum Sø	2.54
Rold Skov	74.24
Ringkøbing Fjord	276.52
Stadil and west Stadil Fjord	69.32
Wadden Sea (Danish part)	1510.80
Little Belt	351
Læsø	664
Wadden Sea	1505

Estonia

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in Estonia

Vilsandi National Park in Estonia

Name	Area (km2)
Agusalu Nature Reserve	110.0
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve	342.2
Emajõe-Suursoo Nature Reserve and Piirissaar Island	326.0
Endla Nature Reserve	101.1
Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay	177
Haapsalu-Noarootsi	274.5
Laidevahe Nature Reserve	24.2
Leidissoo Nature Reserve	81.8
Lihula Landscape Reserve	66.2
Luitemaa Nature Reserve	112.4
Matsalu National Park	486.1
Muraka Nature Reserve	139.8
Nigula Nature Reserve	64.0
Puhtu-Laelatu-Nehatu Wetland Complex (Puhtu-Laelatu Nature Reserve and Nehatu Nature Reserve)	46.4
Sookuninga Nature Reserve	58.7
Soomaa National Park	396.4
Vilsandi National Park	241.0

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 Angevines	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)
Ispani Mire	7.7
Wetlands of Central Kolkheti	337.1

Germany

Name	Area (km2)
Bodden Sea: Rügen - Hiddensee - Zingst	258
Danube floodplains & Donaumoos	80
Elbe river floodplains between Schnackenburg and Lauenburg	75
Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park	117
Lower Saxon Wadden Sea, East Frisian Wadden Sea & Dollart	1216
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas	4549
Lake Starnberg	57

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
Small Prespa Lake	50.78
Lake Vistonida, 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

Guernsey

Name	Area (km2)
Alderney West Coast and the Burhou Islands (C.I.)	156.29
Lihou Island and l'Erée Headland, Guernsey	4.27

Iceland

Name	Area (km2)
Grunnafjördur	14.70
Myvatn-Laxá region (part)	200
Thjörsárver	375

Republic of Ireland

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in the Republic of Ireland

Isle of Man

Name	Area (km2)
Ballaugh Curragh, Ballaugh	1.93

Italy

Laguna di Orbetello in 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
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
South East Coast of Jersey, Channel Islands	32.10

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

Kyrgyz Republic

Name	Area (km2)
Chatyr-Kul	161
Issyk Kul
Song Kol Lake	368.7

Latvia

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

Liechtenstein

Name	Area (km2)
Ruggeller Riet	1.01

Luxembourg

Name	Area (km2)
Haff Réimech	3.13
Vallée de la Haute-Sûre	169

Macedonia

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Dojran	26.96
Lake Prespa	189.2

Malta

Name	Area (km2)
Ghadira	0.11
Is-Simar	0.05

Moldova

Name	Area (km2)
Lower Dniester	600
Lower Prut Lakes	191.52
Unguri – Holosnita	155.53

Monaco

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

Montenegro

Name	Area (km2)
Skadar lake	2

Netherlands

De Biesbosch in the Netherlands

Name	Area (km2)
Alde Feanen	25
Bargerveen Nature Reserve	21
Boschplaat	44
Broekvelden / Vettenbroek	7
De Biesbosch (southern part)	17
De Deelen	5.2
De Wieden	94
Deurnese Peelgebieden	14.5
Drontermeer	6
Engbertsdijksvenen	9.75
Fluessen / Vogelhoek / Morra	21
Grevelingen	139
Griend	0.23
Groote Peel	9
Haringvliet	108
Hollands Diep	40.5
IJmeer	74
IJsselmeer	1,080
Ketelmeer and Vossemeer	39
Krammer-Volkerak	64.5
Lauwersmeer	58
Leekstermeergebied	14.5
Markermeer	610
Naardermeer	7.52
Oostelijke Vechtplassen	45
Oosterschelde & Markiezaatmeer	380
Oostvaardersplassen	56
Oudegaasterbrekken	8.5
Rottige Meenthe	11.3
Sneekermeer / Goengarijpsterpoelen / Terkaplester-poelen and Akmarijp	23
Veerse Meer	25.75
Veluwemeer	31.5
Voordelta	900
Voornes Duin	15
Frisian Islands, Coastline of the North Sea, Breehaart	1,350
Wadden Sea	2499.98
Weerribben	34
Western Scheldt en Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe	195
Wolderwijd en Nuldernauw	26
Zoommeer	11.75
Zuidlaardermeer	21
Zwanenwater	6
Zwarte Meer	20.5

Poland

Main article: Ramsar sites of Poland

Portugal

Algar do Carvão in the Azores

Name	Area (km2)
Bertiandos and São Pedro of Arcos Lagoons	346
Caldeira da Graciosa	120
Caldeira do Faial	312
Caldeirão do Corvo	316
Complexo Vulcânico das Furnas	2,855
Complexo Vulcânico das Sete Cidades	2,171
Complexo Vulcânico do Fogo	2,182
Estrela Mountain Upper Plateau and upper Zêzere River	5,075
Estuário do Tejo	14,563
Estuário do Sado	25,588
Fajã da Caldeira and Fajã dos Cubres	87
Ilhéus das Formigas and Recife Dollabarat	0.07
Lagoa de Albufeira	19.95
Lagoa de St. André et Lagoa de Sancha	26.38
Mira Minde Polje and related Springs	6.62
Mondego Estuary	15.18
Pateira de Fermentelos Lake and Águeda and Cértima Valleys	15.59
Paúl da Praia da Vitória (Praia da Vitória Marsh)	0.16
Paúl de Arzila	5.85
Paúl de Boquilobo	5.29
Paúl de Madriz (Bas Mondego)	2.26
Paúl de Tornada (Tornada Marsh)	0.5
Paúl do Taipal (Taipal Marsh)	2.33
Furnas do Enxofre and Algar do Carvão (Planalto Central da Terceira)	12.83
Planalto Central das Flores (Morro Alto)	25.72
Planalto Central de São Jorge (Pico da Esperança)	2.31
Planalto Central do Pico (Achada)	7.48
Ria de Alvor	14.54
Ria Formosa	160
Sapais de Castro Marim	22.35
Vascão River	443.31

Romania

The Danube Delta in Romania

Name	Area (km2)
Bistret	274.82
Blahnita	452.86
Borcea Arm	215.29
Calafat-Ciuperceni-Danube	292.06
Canaralele de la Horsova	74.06
Comana Natural Park	249.63
Danube Delta	6470
Danube Islands-Bugeac-Iortmac	828.32
Dumbrăviţa Fishpond Complex	4.14
Iron Gates Natural Park	1156.66
Jiu-Danube Confluence	198
Lake Calarasi	50.01
Lake Techirghiol	14.62
Mureş Floodplain	171.66
Old Danube-Macin Arm	267.92
Olt-Danube Confluence	466.23
Poiana Stampei Peat Bog	6.40
Small Island of Braila	175.86
Suhaia	195.94

Russia

Main article: Ramsar sites in Russia

Serbia

Name	Area km2
Labudovo okno	37.33
Lake Ludaš	5.93
Obedska bara	175.01
Peštersko polje	34.55
Slano Kopovo	9.76
Stari Begej - Carska Bara	17.67

Slovakia

Domica cave in Slovakia

Name	Area (km2)
Caves of the Demänova Valley	14.48
Domica	6.22
Dunajské luhy	144.88
Latorica	44.05
Moravské luhy	53.8
Orava River and its Tributaries	8.65
Parížske močiare	1.84
Poiplie	4.11
Rudava River Valley	5.6
Senné Fish-ponds	4.25
Šúr	11.37
Tisa River	7.35
Turiec Wetlands	7.5
Wetlands of Orava Basin	92.87

Slovenia

Name	Area km2
Lake Cerknica and its environs	72.50
Sečovlje salt pans	6.5
Škocjan Caves	3.05

Spain

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in Spain

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

Klingnauer Stausee in 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	147
Gediz Delta	149
Göksu Deltasi	150
Kızılırmak Delta	217
Kizören Obrouk	1.27
Lake Burdur	248
Lake Kus	204
Lake Kuyucuk (Kuyucuk Gölü)	4.16
Lake Seyfe (Seyfe Gölü)	107
Lake Uluabat	199
Meke Maar	2.02
Sultan Marshes	172
Yumurtalik Lagoons	198.53

Ukraine

Main article: Ramsar sites in Ukraine

United Kingdom

Main articles: List of Ramsar sites in England, List of Ramsar sites in Northern Ireland, List of Ramsar sites in Scotland, List of Ramsar sites in Wales and List of Ramsar sites in British Overseas Territories

Crown Dependencies

See: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey

North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Name	Area (km2)
Codrington Lagoon	36

The Bahamas

Name	Area (km2)
Inagua National Park	326

Barbados

Name	Area (km2)
Graeme Hall Swamp	0.33

Belize

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

Canada

White geese in Baie de l'Isle-Verte, Canada

Name	Area (km2)
Alaksen	6
Baie de l'Isle-Verte	22
Beaverhill Lake	181
Cap Tourmente	24
Chignecto Bay	10
Columbia Wetlands	150
Creston Valley	70
Delta Marsh	230
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary	8,159
Grand Codroy Estuary	9
Fraser River Delta	206
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 Wetlands	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

Costa Rica

Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

Name	Area (km2)
Caño Negro	99.69
Cuenca Embalse Arenal	672.96
Gandoca-Manzanillo	94.45
Humedal Caribe Noreste	753.10
Humedal Maquenque	596.92
Isla del Coco	996.23
Laguna Respringue	0.75
Manglar de Potrero Grande	1.39
Palo Verde	245.19
Tamarindo	5
Terraba-Sierpe	306.54
Turberas de Talamanca	1,925.20

Cuba

Name	Area (km2)
Ciénaga de Zapata	4520
Buenavista	3135
Ciénaga de Lanier y Sur de la Isla de la Juventud	1262
Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila	2268.75
Humedal Delta del Cauto	478.36
Humedal Río Máximo-Cagüey	220

Dominican Republic

Name	Area (km2)
Lago Enriquillo	200
Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna	77,518
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Laguna Cabral o Rincón	46

El Salvador

Name	Area (km2)
Area Natural Protegida Laguna del Jocotal	44.79
Complejo Bahía de Jiquilisco	635
Complejo Güija	101.80
Complejo Jaltepeque	494.54
Embalse Cerrón Grande	606.98
Laguna de Olomega	75.57

Grenada

Name	Area (km2)
Levera Wetland	5.18

Guatemala

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in Guatemala

Honduras

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in Honduras

Jamaica

Name	Area (km2)
Black River Lower Morass	57
Mason River Protected Area, Bird Sanctuary and Ramsar Site	0.82
Palisadoes – Port Royal	75.23
Portland Bight Wetlands and Cays	245.42

Mexico

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in Mexico

Nicaragua

Name	Area (km2)
Cayos Miskitos y Franja Costera Immediata	850
Deltas del Estero Real y Llanos de Apacunca	817
Lago de Apanás-Asturias	54.15
Los Guatuzos	437.5
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Río San Juan	430
Sistema de Humedales de la Bahía de Bluefields	865.01
Sistema de Humedales de San Miguelito	434.75
Sistema Lacustre Playitas-Moyúa-Tecomapa	11.61
Sistema Lagunar de Tisma	168.5

Panama

Name	Area (km2)
Bahía de Panamá	489.19
Golfo de Montijo	807.65
Humedales de Importancia Internacional Damani-Guariviara	240.89
Punta Patiño	138.05
San San-Pond Sak	164.14

Paraguay

Name	Area (km2)
Reserva para Parque Nacional Estero Milagro	250
Parque Nacional Ypoá	1,000
Laguna Chaco Lodge	25
Laguna Teniente Rojas Silva	84.7
Reserva para Parque Nacional Río Negro	3,700
Parque Nacional Tinfunque	2,800

Saint Lucia

Name	Area (km2)
Mankoté Mangrove	0.6
Savannes Bay	0.25

Trinidad and Tobago

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

United States

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in the United States

Oceania

Australia

Main article: List of Ramsar sites in Australia

Fiji

Name	Area (km2)
Upper Navua Conservation Area	6.15

Marshall Islands

Name	Area (km2)
Jaluit Atoll Conservation Area	690
Namdrik Atoll	111.9

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

Palau

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Ngardok	4.93

Papua New Guinea

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Kutubu	49.24
Tonda Wildlife Management Area	5,900

Samoa

Name	Area (km2)
Lake Lanoto'o National Park	4.70

South America

Argentina

Name	Area (km2)
Bahía de Samborombón	2,439.65
Bañados del Río Dulce and Laguna de Mar Chiquita	~ 9,960
Glaciar Vinciguerra y turberas asociadas	27.6
Humedal Laguna Melincué	920
Humedales Chaco	5,080
Humedales de Península Valdés	426.95
Jaaukanigás	4,920
Laguna Blanca National Park	112.50
Laguna de Llancanelo	650
Laguna de los Pozuelos	162.24
Lagunas Altoandinas and Puneñas de Catamarca	12,281.75
Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero and of the Bebedero	9,623.70
Lagunas de Vilama	1570
Lagunas y Esteros del Iberá	245.50
Parque Provincial El Tromen	300
Palmar Yatay	214.50
Reserva Costa Atlantica de Tierra del Fuego	286
Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur	3.53
Reserva Natural Otamendi	30
Reserva Provincial Laguna Brava	4050
Parque Nacional Río Pilcomayo	518.89

Bolivia

Los Lípez in Bolivia

Name	Area (km2)
Bañados del Izozog y el río Parapetí	6158.82
Cuenca de Tajzara	55
Lake Titicaca (Bolivian sector)	8000
Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake	9676.07
Laguna Concepción	311.24
Llanos de Moxos wetlands	69,000
Los Lípez	14277.17
Palmar de las Islas y las Salinas de San José	8567.54
Pantanal Boliviano	31898.88
Río Blanco	24049.16
Río Matos	17297.88
Sitio Ramsar Río Yata	28132.29

Brazil

Name	Area (km2)
Abrolhos Marine National Park	913
Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area	17,750.36
Ilha do Bananal	5,623.12
Lagoa do Peixe National Park	344
Mamirauá Reserve of Sustainable Development	11,240
Pantanal Matogrossense National Park	1,350
Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel Manoel Luís, Baixios do Mestre Álvaro and Tarol	345.56
Reentrancias Maranhenses	26,809.11
Fazenda Rio Negro	70
Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural SESC Pantanal	878.71
Rio Doce State Park	359.73

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	671.33

Colombia

Name	Area (km2)
Complejo de Humedales Laguna del Otún	65.79
Delta del Río Baudó	88.88
Laguna de la Cocha	390
Sistema Delta Estuarino del Río Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta	4000
Sistema Lacustre de Chingaza	40.58

Ecuador

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

Peru

Paracas in Peru

Name	Area (km2)
Bofedales y Laguna de Salinas	176.57
Complejo de humedales del Abanico del río Pastaza	38,273.29
Humedal Lucre – Huacarpay	19.79
Lago Titicaca (Peruvian sector)	4,600
Laguna del Indio – Dique de los Españoles	5.02
Lagunas Las Arreviatadas	12.50
Manglares de San Pedro de Vice	33.99
Pacaya Samiria	20,800
Paracas	3,350
Reserva Nacional de Junín	530
Santuario Nacional Lagunas de Mejía	6.91
Santuario Nacional Los Manglares de Tumbes	29.72
Zona Reservada Los Pantanos de Villa	2.63

Suriname

Name	Area (km2)
Coppenamemonding	120

Uruguay

Name	Area (km2)
Bañados del Este y Franja Costera	4,074.08
Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay	174.96

Venezuela

Name	Area (km2)
Archipiélago Los Roques	2,132.20
Ciénaga de Los Olivitos	260
Cuare	99.68
Laguna de la Restinga	52.48
Laguna de Tacarigua	92

See also

• Ramsar Convention
• List of Ramsar Convention contracting parties
• Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type
• Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award

External links

• Ramsar List
• Annotated Ramsar List
• Ramsar Sites Database