List of Ramsar sites in Ukraine


Ukraine has 50 Ramsar sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance. Ramsar sites in Ukraine have a total surface area of approximately. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into effect for Ukraine on 1 December 1991.

Ukraine Wetlands of International Importance

NameOblastArea DesignatedDescriptionImage
Bakota BayKhmelnytskyi
15.929 July 2004part of National Park "Podilski Tovtry", Dniester valley
Berda River mouth, Berdiansk Spit and Berdiansk BayZaporizhzhia
18Sea of Azov near Berdyansk
Bilosaraisk Bay, Bilosaraisk SpitDonetsk
20Sea of Azov near Yalta, Donetsk Oblast
Great Chapli DepressionKherson
23.59part of Askania-Nova Reserve
Cheremske MireVolyn328
Chilia branch Odesa328Danube Delta at Bystroye Channel
Desna River floodplainsSumy
42.7
Dnieper River DeltaKherson260
Dnieper-Orli floodplainsDnipropetrovsk25.6
Northern area of the Dniester LimanOdesa200
Land of Dniester-TurunchukOdesa760
Aquatic-cliff complex of KaradagCrimea22417 November 2003Sublittoral marine areas up to 6 metres depth, bays, a narrow strip of pebble-boulder coast and coastal cliffs up to 120 m high
Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska BaysKherson, Crimea
87023 November 1995The Karkinit Bay is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the southwestern Crimean Peninsula from mainland Ukraine.
Lake KartalOdesa5
Cape Kazantyp rocky shore habitatCrimea
2.5129 July 2004A headland located in the northeastern part of the Crimean peninsula.
Kremenchuk FloodplainsPoltava
Kryva Bay and Kryva SpitDonetsk14
KuhurluyOdesa65
Molochnyi EstuaryZaporizhzhia224
Obitochna SpitZaporizhzhia20
Cape Opuk nearshore habitatCrimea
7.75
Perebrody Peat BogsRivne127.18
Polissya MarshesZhytomyr21.45Marshes, mires, and floodplains surrounded by upland pine forests in Polissia Nature Reserve
Prypiat River floodplainsVolyn120
Sasyk LagoonOdesa210
Shahany-Alibei-Burnas lakes systemOdesa190
Shatsk LakesVolyn328.5The largest Ukrainian lake complex, with 23 lakes separated by peat bogs, meadows and forests.
Lower Smotrych RiverKhmelnytskyi14.8
Stokhid River floodplainsVolyn100
Lake SynevyrZakarpattia0.29The largest natural water body in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Central SyvashKherson, Crimea
800
Eastern SyvashKherson, Crimea1,650
Tendra BayKherson380
Tylihul EstuaryOdesa, Mykolaiv260
Yahorlyk BayKherson, Mykolaiv340separated from Dnieper-Bug Estuary by Kinburn Peninsula