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 use 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.


The complete list of Wetlands of International Importance is accessible from the Ramsar website.[3]


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Contents






  • 1 Africa


    • 1.1 Algeria


    • 1.2 Benin


    • 1.3 Botswana


    • 1.4 Burkina Faso


    • 1.5 Burundi


    • 1.6 Cameroon


    • 1.7 Cape Verde


    • 1.8 Central African Republic


    • 1.9 Chad


    • 1.10 Comoros


    • 1.11 Congo (Republic of the Congo)


    • 1.12 Côte d'Ivoire


    • 1.13 Democratic Republic of Congo


    • 1.14 Djibouti


    • 1.15 Egypt


    • 1.16 Equatorial Guinea


    • 1.17 Eswatini


    • 1.18 Gabon


    • 1.19 Gambia


    • 1.20 Ghana


    • 1.21 Guinea


    • 1.22 Guinea-Bissau


    • 1.23 Kenya


    • 1.24 Lesotho


    • 1.25 Liberia


    • 1.26 Libya


    • 1.27 Madagascar


    • 1.28 Malawi


    • 1.29 Mali


    • 1.30 Mauritania


    • 1.31 Mauritius


    • 1.32 Morocco


    • 1.33 Mozambique


    • 1.34 Namibia


    • 1.35 Niger


    • 1.36 Nigeria


    • 1.37 Rwanda


    • 1.38 Sao Tome and Principe


    • 1.39 Senegal


    • 1.40 Seychelles


    • 1.41 Sierra Leone


    • 1.42 South Africa


    • 1.43 South Sudan


    • 1.44 Sudan


    • 1.45 Togo


    • 1.46 Tunisia


    • 1.47 Uganda


    • 1.48 Tanzania


    • 1.49 Zambia


    • 1.50 Zimbabwe




  • 2 Asia


    • 2.1 Bahrain


    • 2.2 Bangladesh


    • 2.3 Bhutan


    • 2.4 Cambodia


    • 2.5 China


    • 2.6 India


    • 2.7 Indonesia


    • 2.8 Iran


    • 2.9 Iraq


    • 2.10 Israel


    • 2.11 Japan


    • 2.12 Jordan


    • 2.13 Kazakhstan


    • 2.14 Kuwait


    • 2.15 Kyrgyzstan


    • 2.16 Laos


    • 2.17 Lebanon


    • 2.18 Malaysia


    • 2.19 Mongolia


    • 2.20 Myanmar


    • 2.21 Nepal


    • 2.22 North Korea


    • 2.23 Oman


    • 2.24 Pakistan


    • 2.25 Philippines


    • 2.26 South Korea


    • 2.27 Sri Lanka


    • 2.28 Syria


    • 2.29 Tajikistan


    • 2.30 Thailand


    • 2.31 Turkmenistan


    • 2.32 United Arab Emirates


    • 2.33 Uzbekistan


    • 2.34 Vietnam


    • 2.35 Yemen




  • 3 Europe


    • 3.1 Albania


    • 3.2 Andorra


    • 3.3 Armenia


    • 3.4 Austria


    • 3.5 Azerbaijan


    • 3.6 Belarus


    • 3.7 Belgium


    • 3.8 Bosnia and Herzegovina


    • 3.9 Bulgaria


    • 3.10 Croatia


    • 3.11 Cyprus


    • 3.12 Czech Republic


    • 3.13 Denmark


    • 3.14 Estonia


    • 3.15 Finland


    • 3.16 France


    • 3.17 Georgia


    • 3.18 Germany


    • 3.19 Greece


    • 3.20 Hungary


    • 3.21 Iceland


    • 3.22 Ireland


    • 3.23 Italy


    • 3.24 Latvia


    • 3.25 Liechtenstein


    • 3.26 Lithuania


    • 3.27 Luxembourg


    • 3.28 Macedonia


    • 3.29 Malta


    • 3.30 Moldova


    • 3.31 Monaco


    • 3.32 Montenegro


    • 3.33 Netherlands


    • 3.34 Norway


    • 3.35 Poland


    • 3.36 Portugal


    • 3.37 Romania


    • 3.38 Russia


    • 3.39 Serbia


    • 3.40 Slovakia


    • 3.41 Slovenia


    • 3.42 Spain


    • 3.43 Sweden


    • 3.44 Switzerland


    • 3.45 Turkey


    • 3.46 Ukraine


    • 3.47 United Kingdom




  • 4 Latin America and the Caribbean


    • 4.1 Antigua and Barbuda


    • 4.2 Argentina


    • 4.3 Bahamas


    • 4.4 Barbados


    • 4.5 Belize


    • 4.6 Bolivia


    • 4.7 Brazil


    • 4.8 Chile


    • 4.9 Colombia


    • 4.10 Costa Rica


    • 4.11 Cuba


    • 4.12 Dominican Republic


    • 4.13 Ecuador


    • 4.14 El Salvador


    • 4.15 Grenada


    • 4.16 Guatemala


    • 4.17 Honduras


    • 4.18 Jamaica


    • 4.19 Nicaragua


    • 4.20 Panama


    • 4.21 Paraguay


    • 4.22 Peru


    • 4.23 Saint Lucia


    • 4.24 Suriname


    • 4.25 Trinidad and Tobago


    • 4.26 Uruguay


    • 4.27 Venezuela




  • 5 North America


    • 5.1 Canada


    • 5.2 Mexico


    • 5.3 United States of America




  • 6 Oceania


    • 6.1 Australia


    • 6.2 Fiji


    • 6.3 Kiribati


    • 6.4 Marshall Islands


    • 6.5 New Zealand


    • 6.6 Palau


    • 6.7 Papua New Guinea


    • 6.8 Samoa




  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Africa



Algeria


































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aulnaie de Aïn Khiar 180
440
Chott Aïn El Beïda 6,853
16,930
Chott de Zehrez Chergui 50,985
125,990
Chott de Zehrez Gharbi 52,200
129,000
Chott Ech Chergui 855,500
2,114,000
Chott El Beïdha-Hammam Essoukhna 12,223
30,200
Chott El Hodna 362,000
890,000
Chott Melghir 551,500
1,363,000
Chott Merrouane et Oued Khrouf 337,700
834,000
Chott Oum El Raneb 7,155
17,680
Chott Sidi Slimane 616
1,520
Chott Tinsilt 2,154
5,320
Complexe de zones humides de la plaine de Guerbes-Sanhadja 42,100
104,000
Dayet El Ferd 3,323
8,210
Garaet Annk Djemel et El Merhsel 18,140
44,800
Garaet El Taref 33,460
82,700
Garaet Guellif 24,000
59,000
Garaet Timerganine 1,460
3,600
Grotte karstique de Ghar Boumâaza 20,000
49,000
Gueltates Afilal 20,900
52,000
Ile de Rachgoun 66
160
La Réserve Naturelle du Lac des Oiseaux 120
300
La Vallée d'Iherir 6,500
16,000
Lac de Fetzara 20,680
51,100
Lac de Télamine 2,399
5,930
Lac du barrage de Boughezoul 9,058
22,380
Le Cirque de Aïn Ouarka 2,350
5,800
Les Gueltates d'Issakarassene 35,100
87,000
Les Salines d'Arzew 5,778
14,280
Marais de Bourdim 11
27
Marais de la Macta 44,500
110,000
Marais de la Mekhada 8,900
22,000
Oasis de Moghrar et de Tiout 195,500
483,000
Oasis de Ouled Saïd 25,400
63,000
Oasis de Tamantit et Sid Ahmed Timmi 95,700
236,000
Oglat Ed Daïra 23,430
57,900
Oum Lâagareb 729
1,800
Réserve Intégrale du Lac El Mellah 2,257
5,580
Réserve Intégrale du Lac Oubeïra 3,160
7,800
Réserve Intégrale du Lac Tonga 2,700
6,700
Réserve Naturelle du Lac de Béni-Bélaïd 600
1,500
Réserve Naturelle du Lac de Réghaïa 842
2,080
Sebkha d'Oran 56,870
140,500
Sebkhet Bazer 4,379
10,820
Sebkhet El Hamiet 2,509
6,200
Sebkhet El Melah 18,947
46,820
Site classé Sebkhet Ezzmoul 6,765
16,720
Site Ramsar du Lac Boulhilet 856
2,120
Tourbière du Lac Noir 5
12
Vallée de l'oued Soummam
12,453
30,770


Benin




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Basse Vallée de l'Ouémé, Porto-Novo Lagoon, Lake Nokoué
91,600
226,000
Basse Vallée du Couffo, Lagune Côtiere, Chenal Aho, Lac Ahémé
47,500
117,000
Site Ramsar du Complexe W 895,480
2,212,800
Zone Humide de la Rivière Pendjari
144,774
357,740


Botswana




Hippos in the Okavango Delta, Botswana













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Okavango Delta System
5,537,400
13,683,000


Burkina Faso












































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Barrage de Bagre 36,793
90,920
Barrage de la Kompienga 16,916
41,800
Barrage de la Tapoa 3,419
8,450
Barrage de Tougouri 1,221
3,020
Barrage de Yalgo 4,522
11,170
Bassin du Nakanbé-Mané 19,477
48,130
Cône d'épandage de Banh 10,003
24,720
Corridor forestier de la Boucle du Mouhoun 134,553
332,490
Forêt Galerie de Léra 451
1,110
La Forêt Classée et Réserve Partielle de Faune Comoé-Léraba 124,500
308,000
La Mare aux Hippopotames
19,200
47,000
La Mare d'Oursi
45,000
110,000
La Vallée du Sourou 20,926
51,710
Lac Bam 2,693
6,650
Lac de Tingrela 494
1,220
Lac Dem 1,354
3,350
Lac Higa 1,514
3,740
Parc National d'Arly 219,485
542,360
Parc National du W 235,000
580,000
Zone de confluence Mouhoun-Sourou 23,300
58,000


Burundi




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Parc National de la Rusizi 10,673
26,370
Parc National de la Ruvubu 50,800
126,000
Paysage Aquatique Protégé du Nord 16,242
40,130
Réserve Naturelle de la Malagarazi 800
2,000


Cameroon











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Barombi Mbo Crater Lake 415
1,030
Estuaire du Rio del Rey
165,000
410,000
Partie Camerounaise du Fleuve Ntem 39,848
98,470
Partie Camerounaise du fleuve Sangha 6,200
15,000
Partie Camerounaise du Lac Tchad 12,500
31,000
Waza Logone Floodplain 600,000
1,500,000
Zone Humide d'Ebogo 3,097
7,650


Cape Verde




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Curral Velho 600
1,500
Lagoa de Pedra Badejo 200
490
Lagoa de Rabil 300
740
Salinas of the English Port 535
1,320


Central African Republic


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Les Rivières de Mbaéré-Bodingué 101,300
250,000

Riviere Sangha située en République Centrafricaine
275,000
680,000


Chad






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Fitri 195,000
480,000
Partie tchadienne du lac Tchad 1,648,168
4,072,710
Plaine de Massenya 2,526,000
6,240,000
Plaines d'inondation des Bahr Aouk et Salamat
4,922,000
12,160,000
Plaines d'inondation du Logone et les dépressions Toupouri
2,978,900
7,361,000
Réserve de faune de Binder-Léré 135,000
330,000


Comoros























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Dziani Boundouni 30
74
Le Karthala 13,000
32,000
Le Mont Ntringui 3,000
7,400


Congo (Republic of the Congo)














































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bas-Kouilou-Yombo 55,124
136,210
Cayo-Loufoualeba 15,366
37,970
Conkouati-Douli 504,950
1,247,800
Grands affluents 5,908,074
14,599,170

La Réserve Communautaire du Lac Télé/Likouala-aux-Herbes
438,960
1,084,700
Leketi-Mbama 774,965
1,914,980
Les Rapides du Congo-Djoué
2,500
6,200
Libenga 59,409
146,800
Loubetsi-Nyanga 251,151.08
620,607.8

Sangha-Nouabalé-Ndoki
1,525,000
3,770,000
Site Ramsar Ntokou-Pikounda
427,200
1,056,000
Site Ramsar Odzala Kokoua
1,300,000
3,200,000
Site Ramsar Vallée du Niari
1,581,000
3,910,000
Tchicapika-Owando 970,165.83
2,397,332.0


Côte d'Ivoire






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Complexe Sassandra-Dagbego 10,551
26,070
Fresco 15,507
38,320
Grand Bassam 40,210
99,400
Iles Ehotilé-Essouman 27,274
67,400
N'Ganda N'Ganda 14,402
35,590
Parc national d'Azagny 19,400
48,000


Democratic Republic of Congo




Lake Mai-Ndombe at Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bassin de la Lufira 4,470,993
11,048,060
Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe 6,569,624
16,233,890
Mangroves National Park 66,000
160,000
Virunga National Park 800,000
2,000,000


Djibouti













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Haramous-Loyada 3,000
7,400


Egypt




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Bardawil 59,500
147,000
Lake Burullus 46,200
114,000
Lake Qarun Protected Area 134,042
331,220
Wadi El Rayan Protected Area 175,790
434,400


Equatorial Guinea























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Annobón 23,000
57,000

Muni Estuary Natural Reserve
80,000
200,000

Ntem River and Campo River
33,000
82,000


Eswatini























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Hawane Dam and Nature Reserve 232
570
Sand River Dam 764
1,890
Van Eck Dam 187
460


Gabon





















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bas Ogooue 862,700
2,132,000
Chutes et Rapides sur Ivindo 132,500
327,000
Parc National Akanda 54,000
130,000
Parc National Pongara 92,969
229,730
Petit Loango 480,000
1,200,000
Rapides de Mboungou Badouma et de Doume 59,500
147,000
Setté Cama 220,000
540,000
Site Ramsar des Monts Birougou 536,800
1,326,000
Wongha-Wonghé 380,000
940,000


Gambia























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Baobolon Wetland Reserve 20,000
49,000
Niumi National Park 4,940
12,200
Tanbi Wetland Complex 6,304
15,580


Ghana






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Densu Delta 5,892.99
14,561.9
Keta Lagoon Complex 101,022.69
249,632.5
Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site 9,461.12
23,378.9
Owabi 7,260
17,900
Sakumo Ramsar Site 1,364.35
3,371.4
Songor Lagoon 51,133.33
126,353.2


Guinea
























































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bafing-Falémé 517,300
1,278,000
Bafing-Source 317,200
784,000
Gambie-Koulountou 281,400
695,000
Gambie-Oundou-Liti 527,400
1,303,000
Ile Alcatraz 1
2.5
Ile Blanche 10
25
Iles Tristao 85,000
210,000
Konkouré 90,000
220,000
Niger Source 180,400
446,000
Niger-Mafou 1,015,450
2,509,200
Niger-Niandan-Milo 1,046,400
2,586,000
Niger-Tinkisso 400,600
990,000
Rio Kapatchez 20,000
49,000
Rio Pongo 30,000
74,000

Sankarani-Fié
1,015,200
2,509,000
Tinkisso 896,000
2,210,000


Guinea-Bissau























Name Area (ha)
Archipel Bolama-Bijagós 1046950
Lagoa de Cufada 39098
Lagune de Wendu Tcham 14970.18

Parc Naturel des Mangroves du Fleuve Cacheu (PNTC)
88615


Kenya





Lake Baringo in Kenya






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Baringo 31,469
77,760
Lake Bogoria 10,700
26,000
Lake Elmenteita 10,880
26,900
Lake Naivasha 30,000
74,000
Lake Nakuru 18,800
46,000
Tana River Delta Ramsar Site 163,600
404,000


Lesotho













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lets'eng-la-Letsie 434
1,070


Liberia

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Gbedin Wetlands 25
62
Kpatawee Wetlands 835
2,060
Lake Piso 76,091
188,020
Marshall Wetlands 12,168
30,070
Mesurado Wetlands 6,760
16,700


Libya


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ain Elshakika 33
82
Ain Elzarga 50
120


Madagascar












































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Barrière de Corail Nosy Ve Androka
91,445
225,970
Complexe des lacs Ambondro et Sirave (CLAS) 14,481.5
35,785
Complexe des lacs de Manambolomaty
7,491
18,510
Complexe des Zones Humides de Bemanevika
10,000
25,000
Iles Barren 463,200
1,145,000
Lac Kinkony 13,800
34,000
Lac Sofia 1,650
4,100

Le Lac Alaotra : Les Zones Humides et Bassins Versants
722,500
1,785,000
Mangroves de Tsiribihina
47,218
116,680
Marais de Torotorofotsy avec leurs bassins versants 9,993
24,690
Parc de Tsarasaotra 5
12
Parc national Tsimanampesotse 203,740
503,500
Rivière Nosivolo et affluents 358,511
885,900
Site Bioculturel d'Antrema 20,620
51,000
Zone Humide de Mandrozo 15,145
37,420
Zones Humides Ankarafantsika (CLSA) 33,145
81,900
Zones humides d'Ambondrobe 13,000
32,000
Zones humides de Bedo 1,962
4,850
Zones humides de l'Onilahy
42,950
106,100
Zones Humides de Sahamalaza 24,049
59,430


Malawi


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Elephant Marsh 61,556
152,110
Lake Chilwa 224,800
555,000


Mali




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Delta Intérieur du Niger 4,119,500
10,180,000
Lac Magui 24,740
61,100
Lac Wegnia 3,900
9,600
Plaine Inondable du Sourou 56,500
140,000


Mauritania




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Chat Tboul 15,500
38,000
Lac Gabou et le réseau hydrographique du Plateau du Tagant 9,500
23,000
Parc National du Banc d'Arguin
1,200,000
3,000,000
Parc National du Diawling 15,600
39,000


Mauritius























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Blue Bay Marine Park 353
870
Pointe d'Esny Wetland 22
54
Rivulet Terre Rouge Estuary Bird Sanctuary 26
64


Morocco










































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Aguelmams Sidi Ali - Tifounassine
600
1,500
Archipel et dunes d'Essawira 4,000
9,900
Baie d'Ad-Dakhla 40,000
99,000
Baie de Khnifiss 20,000
49,000
Barrage Al Massira 14,000
35,000
Barrage Mohammed V 5,000
12,000
Cap des Trois Fourches 5,000
12,000
Complexe de Sidi Moussa-Walidia 10,000
25,000
Complexe du bas Loukkos 3,600
8,900
Complexe du bas Tahaddart 11,000
27,000
Embouchure de la Moulouya 3,000
7,400
Embouchure de l'oued Dr'a 10,000
25,000
Embouchures des oueds Chbeyka-Al Wa'er 8,000
20,000
Lac d'Afennourir 800
2,000
Lacs Isly-Tislite 800
2,000
Marais et côte du Plateau de Rmel 1,300
3,200
Merja de Fouwarate 502
1,240
Merja Sidi Boughaba 650
1,600
Merja Zerga 7,300
18,000
Moyenne Dr'a 45,000
110,000
Oasis du Tafilalet 65,000
160,000
Sebkha Bou Areg 14,000
35,000
Sebkha Zima 760
1,900
Sebkhat Imlili 1,774
4,380
Zones humides de l'oued El Maleh 1,200
3,000
Zones humides de Souss-Massa 1,000
2,500


Mozambique


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Niassa and its Coastal Zone 1,363,700
3,370,000
Zambezi Delta 3,171,172
7,836,140


Namibia

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bwabwata-Okavango Ramsar Site 46,964
116,050

Etosha Pan, Lake Oponono and Cuvelai drainage
600,000
1,500,000
Orange River Mouth 500
1,200
Sandwich Harbour 16,500
41,000
Walvis Bay 12,600
31,000


Niger





African elephants in W National Park, Niger




































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Complexe Kokorou-Namga
66,829
165,140
Dallol Bosso 376,162
929,520
Dallol Maouri 318,966
788,180
Gueltas et Oasis de l'Aïr 2,413,237
5,963,240
La Mare de Dan Doutchi 25,366
62,680
La Mare de Lassouri 26,737
66,070
La Mare de Tabalak 7,713
19,060
Lac Tchad 340,423
841,200
Oasis du Kawar 368,536
910,670
Parc National du W 235,000
580,000
Zone humide du moyen Niger 88,050
217,600
Zone Humide du Moyen Niger II 65,850
162,700


Nigeria































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Apoi Creek Forests 29,213
72,190
Baturiya Wetland 101,095
249,810
Dagona Sanctuary Lake 344
850
Foge Islands 4,229
10,450

Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria
607,354
1,500,800
Lower Kaduna-Middle Niger Floodplain 229,054
566,000
Maladumba Lake 1,860
4,600

Nguru Lake (and Marma Channel) complex
58,100
144,000
Oguta Lake 572
1,410
Pandam and Wase Lakes 19,742
48,780
Upper Orashi Forest 25,165
62,180


Rwanda













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Rugezi-Bulera-Ruhondo 0
0


Sao Tome and Principe













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ilots Tinhosas 23
57


Senegal




The Saloum Delta in Senegal
















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Kalissaye 30,014
74,170
Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj 16,000
40,000
Parc national du Delta du Saloum 73,000
180,000
Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Palmarin 10,430
25,800
Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Tocc Tocc 273
670
Réserve Naturelle d'Intérêt Communautaire de la Somone 700
1,700
Réserve Spéciale de Faune de Gueumbeul 720
1,800
Réserve Spéciale de Faune de Ndiaël 10,000
25,000


Seychelles























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aldabra Atoll 43,900
108,000
Mare Aux Cochons High altitude freshwater wetlands 1
2.5
Port Launay Coastal Wetlands 124
310


Sierra Leone













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Sierra Leone River Estuary 295,000
730,000


South Africa



























































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Barberspan 3,118
7,700
Blesbokspruit 1,858
4,590

Bot - Kleinmond Estuarine System
1,350
3,300
De Hoop Vlei 750
1,900
De Mond 918
2,270
False Bay Nature Reserve 1,542
3,810
Kosi Bay 10,982
27,140
Lake Sibaya 7,750
19,200
Langebaan 6,000
15,000
Makuleke Wetlands 7,757
19,170
Natal Drakensberg Park 242,813
600,000
Ndumo Game Reserve 10,117
25,000
Ntsikeni Nature Reserve 9,200
23,000
Nylsvley Nature Reserve 3,970
9,800
Orange River Mouth 2,000
4,900
Prince Edward Islands 37,500
93,000
Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve 4,754
11,750
St Lucia System 155,500
384,000
Turtle Beaches/Coral Reefs of Tongaland 39,500
98,000
uMgeni Vlei Nature Reserve 958
2,370
Verloren Valei Nature Reserve 5,891
14,560
Verlorenvlei 1,500
3,700
Wilderness Lakes 1,300
3,200


South Sudan













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Sudd 5,700,000
14,000,000


Sudan























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Dinder National Park 1,084,600
2,680,000

Dongonab Bay-Marsa Waiai
280,000
690,000

Suakin-Gulf of Agig
1,125,000
2,780,000


Togo




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bassin versant Oti-Mandouri 425,000
1,050,000
Parc national de la Keran 163,400
404,000
Reserve de faune de Togodo 31,000
77,000
Zones Humides du Littoral du Togo 591,000
1,460,000


Tunisia





















































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ain Dahab 560
1,400
Bahiret el Bibane 39,266
97,030
Barrage de Sidi El Barrak 2,734
6,760
Barrage de Sidi Saad 8,650
21,400
Barrage Lebna 1,147
2,830
Barrage Merguellil 714
1,760
Barrage Mlaabi 98
240
Barrage Oued El Hajar 254
630
Barrage Oued Ermal 620
1,500
Barrage Sidi Abdelmoneem 31
77
Chott El Jerid 586,187
1,448,500
Chott Elguetar 7,400
18,000
Complexe des zones humides de Barrage Ghdir El Goulla et Barrage El Mornaguia 273
670
Complexe des zones humides de Sebkhet Oum Ez-Zessar et Sebkhet El Grine 9,195
22,720
Complexe des zones humides des Chott el Guetayate et Sebkhet Dhreia et Oueds Akarit, Rekhama et Meleh 4,845
11,970
Complexe Lac de Tunis
2,243
5,540
Djerba Bin El Ouedian 12,082
29,860
Djerba Guellala 2,285
5,650
Djerba Ras Rmel 1,856
4,590
Garaet Sidi Mansour 2,426
5,990
Golfe de Boughrara 12,880
31,800
Ichkeul 12,600
31,000
Iles Kerkennah ou L'archipel de Kerkennah 15,000
37,000
Iles Kneiss avec leurs zones intertidales 22,027
54,430
Lac et tourbière de Mejen Ech Chitan 7
17
Lagune de Ghar el Melh et Delta de la Mejerda 10,168
25,130
Lagunes du Cap Bon oriental 504
1,250
Les Gorges de Thelja 675
1,670
Les Tourbières de Dar Fatma 13
32
Marais d'eau douce Garaet Douza 1,400
3,500
Oued Dekouk 5,750
14,200
Réserve naturelle de Saddine 2,610
6,400
Salines de Monastir 1,000
2,500
Salines de Thyna 3,343
8,260
Sebkhet Halk Elmanzel et Oued Essed 1,450
3,600
Sebkhet Kelbia 8,732
21,580
Sebkhet Noual 17,060
42,200
Sebkhet Sejoumi 2,979
7,360
Sebkhet Sidi Elhani 36,000
89,000
Sebkhet Soliman 880
2,200
Zones humides oasiennes de Kebili 2,419
5,980


Uganda




































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Bisina Wetland System 54,229
134,000
Lake George 15,000
37,000
Lake Mburo-Nakivali Wetland System 26,834
66,310
Lake Nabugabo wetland system 22,000
54,000
Lake Nakuwa Wetland System 91,150
225,200
Lake Opeta Wetland System 68,912
170,290

Lutembe Bay Wetland System
98
240
Mabamba Bay Wetland System 2,424
5,990
Murchison Falls-Albert Delta Wetland System 17,293
42,730
Nabajjuzi Wetland system 1,753
4,330
Rwenzori Mountains Ramsar Site 99,500
246,000
Sango Bay-Musambwa Island-Kagera Wetland System (SAMUKA) 55,110
136,200


Tanzania




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Kilombero Valley Floodplain 796,735
1,968,780
Lake Natron Basin 224,781
555,450
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands 3,250,000
8,000,000
Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa Marine Ramsar Site 596,908
1,474,990


Zambia
















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bangweulu Swamps 1,100,000
2,700,000
Busanga Swamps 200,000
490,000
Kafue Flats 600,500
1,484,000
Luangwa Flood Plains 250,000
620,000
Lukanga Swamps 260,000
640,000
Mweru wa Ntipa 490,000
1,200,000
Tanganyika 230,000
570,000
Zambezi Floodplains 900,000
2,200,000


Zimbabwe











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Chinhoyi Caves Recreational Park
33.35
82.4
Cleveland Dam 1,050
2,600
Driefontein Grasslands 201,194
497,160

Lake Chivero and Manyame
29,260
72,300
Mana Pools 0
0
Monavale Wetland 507
1,250
Victoria Falls National Park 1,750
4,300


Asia



Bahrain


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Hawar Islands 5,200
13,000
Tubli Bay 1,610
4,000


Bangladesh




Mudflats in Sundarbans Reserved Forest in Bangladesh


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Sundarbans Reserved Forest 601,700
1,487,000
Tanguar Haor 9,500
23,000


Bhutan























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bumdeling 142
350
Gangtey-Phobji 970
2,400
Khotokha 114
280


Cambodia

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Boeng Chhmar and Associated River System and Floodplain 28,000
69,000
Koh Kapik and Associated Islets 12,000
30,000
Middle Stretches of Mekong River North of Stoeng Treng 14,600
36,000

Prek Toal Ramsar Site
21,342
52,740
Stung Sen Wildlife Sanctuary 9,293
22,960


China





































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Anhui Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve
33,340
82,400
Bitahai Wetland 1,985
4,910
Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve, Shanghai 32,600
81,000
Dafeng National Nature Reserve 78,000
190,000

Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia
740,000
1,800,000
Dalian National Spotted Seal Nature Reserve 11,700
29,000
Dashanbao 5,958
14,720
Dong dongting hu 190,000
470,000
Dongfanghong Wetland National Nature Reserve 31,538
77,930
Dongzhaigang 5,400
13,000
Eerduosi National Nature Reserve 7,680
19,000
Eling Lake 65,907
162,860
Fujian Zhangjiangkou National Mangrove Nature Reserve
2,358
5,830
Gansu Gahai Wetlands Nature Reserve
247,431
611,420
Gansu Yanchiwan Wetlands
29,876.2
73,826
Guangdong Haifeng Wetlands
11,591
28,640
Guangdong Nanpeng Archipelago Wetlands
35,679
88,160
Guangxi Beilun Estuary National Nature Reserve
3,000
7,400
Hangzhou Xixi Wetlands
325
800
Heilongjiang Nanweng River National Nature Reserve
229,523
567,160
Heilongjiang Qixing River National Nature Reserve
20,000
49,000
Heilongjiang Youhao Wetlands
60,687
149,960
Heilongjiang Zhenbaodao Wetland National Nature Reserve
44,364
109,630
Honghe National Nature Reserve 21,836
53,960
Hubei Chen Lake Wetland Nature Reserve
11,579
28,610
Hubei Dajiu Lake Wetland
9,320
23,000
Hubei Honghu Wetlands
43,450
107,400
Hubei Wang Lake
20,495
50,640
Huidong Harbor Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve 400
990
Inner Mongolia Grand Khingan Hanma Wetlands
107,348
265,260
Jilin Hani Wetlands
3,571.5
8,825
Jilin Momoge National Nature Reserve
144,000
360,000
Lashihai Wetland 3,560
8,800

Mai Po Marshes and Inner Deep Bay
1,540
3,800
Maidika 43,496
107,480
Mapangyong Cuo 73,782
182,320
Nan Dongting Wetland and Waterfowl Nature Reserve 168,000
420,000
Napahai Wetland 2,083
5,150
Niaodao 53,600
132,000
Poyanghu 22,400
55,000
San Jiang National Nature Reserve 164,400
406,000
Shandong Jining Nansi Lake
50,761.6
125,435
Shandong Yellow River Delta Wetland
95,950
237,100
Shanghai Yangtze Estuarine Wetland Nature Reserve for Chinese Sturgeon
3,760
9,300
Shankou Mangrove Nature Reserve 4,000
9,900
Shuangtai Estuary 128,000
320,000
Sichuan Changshahongma Wetlands
669,800
1,655,000
Sichuan Ruoergai Wetland National Nature Reserve
166,570
411,600
Tibet Selincuo Wetlands
1,893,630
4,679,300
Xi dongting lake nature reserve 35,000
86,000
Xianghai 105,467
260,610
Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve 222,488
549,780
Yancheng National Nature Reserve 453,000
1,120,000
Zhaling Lake 64,920
160,400
Zhalong 210,000
520,000
Zhangye Heihe Wetland National Nature Reserve 41,164.56
101,719.8
Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve 20,279
50,110


India










































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Ashtamudi Wetland
A chain of brackish Kerala backwaters lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea Malabar Coast of Kerala
61,400
152,000

Bhitarkanika Mangroves
India's second largest mangrove are home of Olive Ridley Turtle in India's Odisha state in the Brahmani river and Baitarani river delta
65,000
160,000

Bhoj Wetland
Consists of the two lakes, Bhojtal and Lower Lake, located in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh state,
3,201
7,910

Chandra Taal
Situated in the Spiti valley of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh
49
120

Chilika Lake
Spread over the Puri district, Khurda district and Ganjam districts of Odisha at the mouth of the Daya River, flows into the Bay of Bengal
116,500
288,000

Deepor Beel
- Assam
4,000
9,900
East Calcutta Wetlands 12,500
31,000
Harike Wetland 4,100
10,000

Hokera Wetland
Located at the northwest Himalayan biogeopgraphic province of Kashmir, near the snow-draped Pir Panjal.
1,375
3,400
Kanjli Wetland 183
450
Keoladeo National Park 2,873
7,100
Kolleru Lake 90,100
223,000
Loktak Lake 26,600
66,000
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary 12,000
30,000
Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary 38,500
95,000
Pong Dam Lake 15,662
38,700
Renuka Lake 20
49
Ropar Wetland 1,365
3,370
Rudrasagar Lake 240
590
Sambhar Lake 24,000
59,000
Sasthamkotta Lake 373
920

Surinsar-Mansar Lakes
350
860
Tsomoriri 12,000
30,000
Upper Ganga River 26,590
65,700
Vembanad-Kol Wetland 151,250
373,700
Wular Lake 18,900
47,000


Indonesia





Danau Sentarum in Indonesia











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Berbak 162,700
402,000
Danau Sentarum 80,000
200,000
Pulau Rambut Wildlife Reserve 90
220
Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park 105,194
259,940
Sembilang National Park 202,896
501,370
Tanjung Puting National Park 408,286
1,008,900
Wasur National Park 413,810
1,022,500


Iran
































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Alagol, Ulmagol and Ajigol Lakes
1,400
3,500
Amirkelayeh Lake 1,230
3,000
Anzali Wetland Complex 15,000
37,000
Bujagh National Park 3,177
7,850
Choghakhor Wetland 1,687
4,170
Deltas of Rud-e-Gaz and Rud-e-Hara 15,000
37,000
Deltas of Rud-e-Shur, Rud-e-Shirin and Rud-e-Minab 45,000
110,000
Fereydoon Kenar, Ezbaran & Sorkh Ruds Ab-Bandans 5,427
13,410

Gavkhouni Lake and marshes of the lower Zaindeh Rud
43,000
110,000
Gomishan Lagoon 17,700
44,000

Govater Bay and Hur-e-Bahu
75,000
190,000

Hamun-e-Puzak, south end
10,000
25,000

Hamun-e-Saberi & Hamun-e-Helmand
50,000
120,000
Kanibarazan Wetland 927
2,290
Khuran Straits 100,000
250,000
Lake Gori 120
300
Lake Kobi 1,200
3,000

Lake Parishan and Dasht-e-Arjan
6,200
15,000

Lake Urmia or Orumiyeh
483,000
1,190,000

Miankaleh Peninsula, Gorgan Bay and Lapoo-Zaghmarz Ab-bandan
100,000
250,000

Neiriz Lakes & Kamjan Marshes
108,000
270,000
Shadegan Marshes & mudflats of Khor-al Amaya & Khor Musa 400,000
990,000
Sheedvar Island 870
2,100
Shurgol, Yadegarlu & Dorgeh Sangi Lakes 2,500
6,200


Iraq




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Central Marshes 219,700
543,000
Hammar Marsh 180,000
440,000
Hawizeh Marsh 137,700
340,000
Sawa Lake 500
1,200


Israel


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
En Afeq Nature Reserve 66
160
Hula Nature Reserve 300
740


Japan













































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Akan-ko 1,318
3,260
Akiyoshidai Groundwater System 563
1,390

Akkeshi-ko and Bekambeushi-shitsugen
5,277
13,040
Arao-higata 754
1,860
Biwa-ko 65,984
163,050
Fujimae-higata 323
800

Furen-ko and Shunkuni-tai
6,139
15,170
Higashiyoka-higata 218
540
Hinuma 935
2,310
Hizen Kashima-higata 57
140
Hotokenuma 222
550
Hyo-ko 24
59
Imuta-ike 60
150
Izu-numa and Uchi-numa 559
1,380
Kabukuri-numa and the surrounding rice paddies 423
1,050
Kasai Marine Park 366.9
907
Katano-kamoike 10
25
Kejo-numa 34
84
Keramashoto Coral Reef 8,290
20,500
Kiritappu-shitsugen 2,504
6,190
Kuju Bogatsuru and Tadewara-shitsugen 91
220
Kushimoto Coral Communities 574
1,420
Kushiro-shitsugen 7,863
19,430
Kutcharo-ko 1,607
3,970
Lower Maruyama River and the surrounding rice paddies 1,094
2,700
Manko 58
140
Mikata-goko 1,110
2,700
Miyajima 142
350
Miyajima-numa 41
100
Nagura Ampuru 157
390
Nakaikemi-shicchi 87
210
Nakaumi 8,043
19,870
Notsuke-hanto and Notsuke-wan 6,053
14,960
Oku-Nikko-shitsugen 260
640
Onuma 1,236
3,050
Oyama Kami-ike and Shimo-ike 39
96
Oze 8,711
21,530
Sakata 76
190
Sarobetsu-genya 2,560
6,300
Shinji-ko 7,652
18,910
Shizugawa-wan 5,793
14,310
Streams in Kume-jima 255
630
Tateyama Midagahara and Dainichidaira 574
1,420
Tofutsu-ko 900
2,200
Tokai Hilly Land Spring-fed Mires 23
57
Uryunuma-shitsugen 624
1,540
Utonai-ko 510
1,300
Watarase-yusuichi 2,861
7,070

Yakushima Nagata-hama
10
25
Yatsu-higata 40
99
Yonahawan 704
1,740
Yoshigadaira Wetlands 887
2,190


Jordan


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Azraq Oasis 7,372
18,220
Fifa Nature Reserve 6,100
15,000


Kazakhstan


























































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Alakol-Sasykkol Lakes System 914,663
2,260,180

Ili River Delta and South Lake Balkhash
976,630
2,413,300
Koibagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System 58,000
140,000
Kulykol-Taldykol Lake System 8,300
21,000
Lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz 348,000
860,000

Lesser Aral Sea and Delta of the Syrdarya River
330,000
820,000
Naurzum Lake System 139,714
345,240
Tengiz-Korgalzhyn Lake System 353,341
873,120

Ural River Delta and adjacent Caspian Sea coast
111,500
276,000
Zharsor-Urkash Lake System 41,250
101,900


Kuwait













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve 50,948
125,900


Kyrgyzstan























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Chatyr Kul 16,100
40,000
Son-Kol Lake 36,869
91,110
The Issyk-kul State Nature Reserve with the Issyk-kul Lake 626,439
1,547,960


Laos


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands 2,360
5,800
Xe Champhone Wetlands 12,400
31,000


Lebanon




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aammiq Wetland 280
690
Deir el Nouriyeh cliffs of Ras Chekaa 0
0
Palm Islands Nature Reserve 415
1,030
Tyre Beach 380
940


Malaysia











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Kuching Wetlands National Park 6,610
16,300
Lower Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands 78,803
194,730
Pulau Kukup 647
1,600
Sungai Pulai 9,126
22,550
Tanjung Piai 526
1,300
Tasek Bera 38,446
95,000
Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre 24
59


Mongolia
































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ayrag Nuur 45,000
110,000
Har Us Nuur National Park 321,360
794,100

Lake Achit and its surrounding wetlands
73,730
182,200

Lake Buir and its surrounding wetlands
104,000
260,000

Lake Ganga and its surrounding wetlands
3,280
8,100

Lake Uvs and its surrounding wetlands
585,000
1,450,000
Lakes in the Khurkh-Khuiten river valley 42,940
106,100
Mongol Daguur 210,000
520,000
Ogii Nuur 2,510
6,200
Terhiyn Tsagaan Nuur 6,110
15,100
Valley of the Lakes 45,600
113,000


Myanmar

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Gulf of Mottama 42,500
105,000
Indawgyi Wildlife Sanctuary 47,884.38
118,324.9

Inlay Lake Ramsar Site
5,797.6
14,326
Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary 50,000
120,000
Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary 10,359
25,600


Nepal


























































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Beeshazar and Associated Lakes 3,200
7,900
Ghodaghodi Lake Area 2,563
6,330
Gokyo and associated lakes 7,770
19,200

Gosaikunda and Associated Lakes
1,030
2,500
Jagadishpur Reservoir 225
560
Koshi Tappu 17,500
43,000
Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley 26,106
64,510
Mai Pokhari 90
220
Phoksundo Lake 494
1,220
Rara Lake 1,583
3,910


North Korea


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve 3,715
9,180
Rason Migratory Bird Reserve 3,526
8,710


Oman













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Qurm Nature Reserve 106.83
264.0


Pakistan






Astola Island in Pakistan







































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Astola Island 5,000
12,000
Chashma Barrage 34,099
84,260
Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex 20,500
51,000
Drigh Lake 164
410
Haleji Lake 1,704
4,210
Hub Dam 27,000
67,000
Indus Delta 472,800
1,168,000
Indus Dolphin Reserve 125,000
310,000
Jiwani Coastal Wetland 4,600
11,000
Jubho Lagoon 706
1,740
Kinjhar Lake 13,468
33,280
Miani Hor 55,000
140,000
Nurri Lagoon 2,540
6,300
Ormara Turtle Beaches 2,400
5,900
Runn of Kutch 566,375
1,399,540
Tanda Dam 405
1,000
Taunsa Barrage 6,576
16,250
Thanedar Wala 4,047
10,000
Uchhali Complex 1,243
3,070


Philippines












































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary 14,836
36,660
Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area 175
430
Naujan Lake National Park 14,568
36,000
Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary 5,800
14,000
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 22,202
54,860
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 96,828
239,270

Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area
89,607.8
221,426


South Korea



























































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
1100 Altitude Wetland 13
32
Daebudo Tidal Flat 453
1,120
Dongbaekdongsan 59
150
Dongcheon Estuary 540
1,300

Du-ung Wetland Ramsar Site
6
15
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat 1
2.5
Gochang and Buan Tidal Flats 4,550
11,200

Han River-Bamseom Islets
27
67

Hanbando Wetland Ramsar Site
191.5
473
Jangdo Wetland 9
22
Jeungdo Tidal Flat 3,130
7,700
Moojechineup 4
9.9
Muan Tidal Flat 3,589
8,870
Muljangori-oreum wetland 63
160

Mulyeongari-oreum Ramsar Site
31
77
Odaesan National Park Wetlands 2
4.9
Seocheon Tidal Flat 1,530
3,800
Songdo Tidal Flat 611
1,510

Sumeunmulbaengdui Ramsar Site
117.5
290
Suncheon Bay 3,550
8,800
The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam 106
260
Ungok Wetland 180
440
Upo Wetland 854
2,110


Sri Lanka






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Annaiwilundawa Tanks Sanctuary 1,397
3,450
Bundala 6,210
15,300
Kumana Wetland Cluster 19,011
46,980
Maduganga 915
2,260
Vankalai Sanctuary 4,839
11,960
Wilpattu Ramsar Wetland Cluster 165,800
410,000


Syria













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Sabkhat al-Jabbul Nature Reserve 10,000
25,000


Tajikistan

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Karakul Lake 36,400
90,000
Kayrakum Reservoir 52,000
130,000
Lower part of Panj River
0
0
Shorkul and Rangkul Lakes 2,400
5,900
Zorkul Lake 3,800
9,400


Thailand















































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bung Khong Long Non-Hunting Area 2,214
5,470
Don Hoi Lot 87,500
216,000
Had Chao Mai Marine National Park - Ta Libong Island Non-Hunting Area - Trang River Estuaries 66,313
163,860
Kaper Estuary - Laemson Marine National Park - Kraburi Estuary 122,046
301,580
Khao Sam Roi Yot Wetland 6,892
17,030

Ko Kra Archipelago
374
920

Ko Ra-Ko Phra Thong Archipelago
19,648
48,550
Krabi Estuary 21,299
52,630
Kuan Ki Sian of the Thale Noi Non-hunting Area Wetlands 494
1,220
Kut Ting Marshland 2,200
5,400
Mu Koh Ang Thong Marine National Park 10,200
25,000
Nong Bong Kai Non-Hunting Area 434
1,070
Phang Nga Bay Marine National Park 40,000
99,000
Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary 20,100
50,000


Turkmenistan













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Turkmenbashy Bay 267,124
660,080


United Arab Emirates
















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Al Wathba Wetland Reserve 500
1,200
Al-Zora Protected Area 195
480
Bul Syayeef 14,505
35,840
Jabal Ali Wetland Sanctuary 2,002
4,950
Mangrove and Alhafeya Protected Area in Khor Kalba 1,494
3,690

Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary
620
1,500

Sir Bu Nair Island Protected Area
4,964
12,270
Wadi Wurayah National Park 12,700
31,000


Uzbekistan


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aydar-Arnasay Lakes system 527,100
1,302,000
Lake Dengizkul 31,300
77,000


Vietnam





















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ba Be National Park 10,048
24,830
Bau Sau Wetlands and Seasonal Floodplain 13,759
34,000
Con Dao National Park 19,991
49,400
Lang Sen Wetland Reserve 4,802
11,870
Mui Ca Mau National Park 41,862
103,440
Tram Chim National Park 7,313
18,070
U Minh Thuong National Park 8,038
19,860
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve 2,736
6,760
Xuan Thuy Natural Wetland Reserve 12,000
30,000


Yemen













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Detwah Lagoon 580
1,400


Europe



Albania




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Albanian Prespa Lakes 15,119
37,360
Butrint 13,500
33,000
Karavasta Lagoon 20,000
49,000

Lake Shkodra and River Buna
49,562
122,470


Andorra























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Parc naturel de la vallée de Sorteny 1,080
2,700
Parque Natural Comunal de los Valles del Comapedrosa 1,543
3,810
Vall de Madriu-Perafita-Claror 4,247
10,490


Armenia























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Khor Virap Marsh 50
120
Lake Arpi 3,230
8,000
Lake Sevan 490,231
1,211,390


Austria



























































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Autertal - St. Lorenzener Hochmoor 48
120
Bayerische Wildalm and Wildalmfilz 133
330
Donau-March-Thaya-Auen 36,090
89,200
Güssing Fishponds 148
370
Hörfeld-Moor 137
340
Lafnitztal 2,180
5,400
Mires of Pass Thurn
190
470
Mires of the Sauerfelder Wald 119
290
Mires of the Schwarzenberg 267
660
Mires of the Überling 265
650
Moor- und Seenlandschaft Keutschach-Schiefling 543
1,340
Moore am Nassköhr 211
520
Nationalpark Kalkalpen 18,532
45,790
Neusiedlersee, Seewinkel & Hanság 44,229
109,290
Pürgschachen Moor 62
150
Rheindelta 2,065
5,100
Rotmoos im Fuschertal 58
140
Sablatnigmoor 96
240
Stauseen am Unteren Inn 870
2,100
Untere Lobau
915
2,260
Upper Drava River 1,029
2,540
Waldviertel ponds, peat bogs & floodplains 13,000
32,000
Wilder Kaiser 3,781
9,340


Azerbaijan


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Agh-Ghol 500
1,200
Ghizil-Agaj 99,060
244,800


Belarus










































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve 85,149
210,410
Dikoe Fen Mire 23,145
57,190

Dnieper River Floodplain
29,352.94
72,532.7

Drozbitka-Svina
6,727.2
16,623

Duleby Islands-Zaozerye
30,772
76,040
Golubickaya Puscha 18,240
45,100

Iput River Floodplain
3,501.8
8,653
Kotra 10,584
26,150
Kozyansky 26,060
64,400
Mid-Pripyat State Landscape Zakaznik 90,447
223,500
Morochno 5,845
14,440
Olmany Mires Zakaznik 94,219
232,820
Osveiski 22,600
56,000
Podvelikiy Moh 10,647
26,310
Polesye Valley of River Bug 23,159
57,230
Pripyatsky National Park 88,553
218,820
Prostyr 9,500
23,000
Servech 9,068
22,410
Sporovsky Biological Reserve 19,384
47,900
Stary Zhaden 17,048
42,130
Svislochsko-Berezinskiy 18,341
45,320
Vigonoshchanskoe 54,182
133,890
Vileity 8,452
20,890
Vydritsa 21,292
52,610

Yelnia [be]
23,200
57,000
Zvanets 15,873
39,220


Belgium





















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
De Ijzerbroeken te Diksmuide en Lo-Reninge 2,360
5,800
Grotte des Emotions 3
7.4
Kalmthoutse Heide 2,200
5,400
Les Hautes Fagnes 9,974
24,650
Marais d'Harchies 557.06
1,376.5
Schorren van de Beneden Schelde
420
1,000
Vallée de la Haute-Sûre
29,000
72,000
Vlaamse Banken 1,900
4,700
Zwin 530
1,300


Bosnia and Herzegovina























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bardaca Wetland 3,500
8,600
Hutovo Blato 7,411
18,310
Livanjsko Polje 45,868
113,340


Bulgaria































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Atanasovo Lake 1,404
3,470
Belene Islands Complex 18,330
45,300

Dragoman marsh Karst Complex
14,967
36,980
Durankulak Lake 350
860
Ibisha Island 3,365
8,320
Lake Shabla 404
1,000
Poda 307
760
Pomorie Wetland Complex 922
2,280

Ropotamo Complex
5,500
14,000
Srébarna 1,463.75
3,617.0
Vaya Lake 2,900
7,200


Croatia

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Crna Mlaka Fishponds 756
1,870

Lonjsko Polje Nature Park
51,218
126,560
Nature Park Kopacki rit 23,894
59,040
Neretva River Delta 12,742
31,490
Vransko Lake 5,748
14,200


Cyprus














Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Larnaca Salt Lake 1,107
2,740

Limassol Salt Lake


Czech Republic














































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Jizera Headwaters 2,303
5,690
Krkonošská rašeliniště 230
570
Krušnohorská rašeliniště 11,224
27,740
Lednické rybníky 650
1,600
Liběchovka and Pšovka Brooks 350
860
Litovelské Pomoraví 5,122
12,660
Mokřady dolního Podyjí 11,525
28,480
Novozámecký a Brehyňský rybník 923
2,280
Poodří 5,450
13,500
Pramenné vývěry a rašeliniště Slavkovského lesa 3,223
7,960
Punkva subterranean stream 1,571
3,880
Šumavská rašeliniště 6,371
15,740
Třeboňská rašeliniště 1,100
2,700
Třeboňské rybníky 10,165
25,120


Denmark































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aqajarua 22,350
55,200

Eqalummiut Nunaat and Nassuttuup Nunaa
579,530
1,432,000
Ertholmene 1,266
3,130
Filso 4,270
10,600
Heden 252,390
623,700
Hirsholmene 3,714
9,180
Hochstetter Forland 184,820
456,700

Horsens Fjord & Endelave
42,737
105,610

Ikkattoq and adjacent archipelago
44,880
110,900

Karrebæk, Dybso and Avno Fjords
18,860
46,600
Kilen 51,280
126,700
Kitsissunnguit 6,910
17,100
Kitsissut Avalliit 4,470
11,000
Kuannersuit Kuussuat 5,190
12,800
Læso 66,548
164,440
Lille Vildmose 7,393
18,270
Lillebælt 35,189
86,950
Maribo Lakes 3,823
9,450
Mykines 2,300
5,700

Nærå Coast and Æbelo area
13,161
32,520

Nakskov Fjord and Inner Fjord
8,552
21,130
Naternaq 184,010
454,700

Nissum Bredning with Harboore and Agger Tange
12,786
31,590
Nissum Fjord 10,952
27,060
Nólsoy 2,197
5,430
Nordre Ronner 2,993
7,400

Ørsted Dal, Pingel Dal and Enhjørningen Dal
218,000
540,000

Præsto Fjord, Jungshoved Nor, Ulvshale and Nyord
24,778
61,230

Qínnquata Marraa and Kuussuaq
6,480
16,000

Randers and Mariager Fjords and the adjacent sea
39,190
96,800
Ringkobing Fjord 27,652
68,330

Sejro Bugt, Nekselo Bugt & Saltbæk Vig
44,111
109,000
Skuvoy 1,790
4,400
South Funen Archipelago 38,329
94,710

Stadil and Veststadil Fjords
6,932
17,130

Stavns Fjord and adjacent waters
15,533
38,380

Ulvedybet and Nibe Bredning
18,575
45,900
Vadehavet 151,080
373,300

Vejlerne and Logstor Bredning
43,534
107,570
Waters between Lolland and Falster including Rodsand, Guldborg sound, and Boto Nor
34,812
86,020
Waters north of Anholt
11,616
28,700
Waters South of Zealand, Skælskor Fjord, Glæno and adjacent wetlands 18,577
45,900
Waters southeast of Fejo and Femo Islands 41,826
103,350


Estonia






Vilsandi National Park in Estonia





























































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Agusalu 11,000
27,000
Alam-Pedja 34,220
84,600

Emajoe Suursoo Mire and Piirissaar Island
32,600
81,000
Endla 10,110
25,000
Haapsalu-Noarootsi 27,450
67,800
Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay 17,700
44,000
Laidevahe Nature Reserve 2,424
5,990
Leidissoo 8,178
20,210
Lihula 6,620
16,400
Luitemaa 11,240
27,800
Matsalu Nature Reserve 48,610
120,100
Muraka 13,980
34,500
Nigula Nature Reserve 6,398
15,810
Puhto-Laelatu-Nehatu Wetland Complex 4,640
11,500
Sookuninga Nature Reserve 5,869
14,500
Soomaa 39,639
97,950
Vilsandi National Park 24,100
60,000


Finland





























































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aspskär Islands 728
1,800
Bird Wetlands of Haapavesi
3,616
8,940
Bird Wetlands of Hailuoto Island 6,512
16,090
Bird Wetlands of Hanko and Tammisaari
55,196
136,390
Bird Wetlands of Lapväärtti
1,224
3,020
Bird Wetlands of Siikajoki
2,691
6,650
Bird Wetlands of Vanajavesi Area
702
1,730
Bird-lakes of Rääkkylä and Kitee
1,227
3,030
Bird-Lakes of Rantasalmi
1,109
2,740

Björkör and Lågskär Archipelago
6,309
15,590
Kainuunkylä Islands 1,005
2,480
Kauhaneva–Pohjankangas National Park 6,849
16,920
Kirkon-Vilkkiläntura Bay 194
480
Koitelainen Mires 48,938
120,930
Krunnit Islands 4,435
10,960

Lake Kirkkojärvi and Lupinlahti Bay
649
1,600

Lake Kirkkojärvi Area
305
750

Lake Kutajärvi Area
1,051
2,600
Lake Läppträsket 199
490
Lake Sysmäjärvi 734
1,810
Lakes Aittojärvi and Kongasjärvi
703
1,740
Lakes Heinä-Suvanto and Hetejärvi
1,224
3,020
Lätäseno-Hietajoki Mires 43,367
107,160
Lemmenjoki National Park 285,990
706,700
Levaneva Mires 3,343
8,260

Liminganlahti Bay Area
12,275
30,330
Martimoaapa - Lumiaapa - Penikat Mires 14,086
34,810
Olvassuo Mires 27,073
66,900
Oulanka National Park 29,390
72,600
Patvinsuo National Park 12,727
31,450
Pernajanlahti Bay 1,143
2,820
Pilvineva Mires 3,667
9,060
Porvoonjoki Estuary - Stensböle 958
2,370
Quark Archipelago 63,699
157,400
Riisitunturi National Park 12,461
30,790
River Luiro Mires 12,345
30,510
Salamajärvi National Park 9,261
22,880
Sammuttijänkä - Vaijoenjänkä Mires 51,749
127,870
Signilskär-Märket Archipelago 22,566
55,760
Siikalahti Bay Area 682
1,690

Söderskär and Långören Archipelago
18,219
45,020
Sotkavuoma Mires 2,602
6,430
Suurenaukeansuo - Isosuo Mires and Lake Pohjalampi 1,640
4,100
Teuravuoma - Kivijärvenvuoma Mires 5,788
14,300
Torronsuo National Park 3,093
7,640
Valkmusa National Park 1,710
4,200

Vanhankaupunginlahti, Laajalahti
508
1,260
Vassorfjärden Bay 1,537
3,800
Veneneva-Pelso Mires 12,039
29,750


France
























































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Baie de Somme 17,320
42,800
Baie du Mont Saint-Michel 62,000
150,000
Basse-Mana 59,000
150,000
Basses Vallees Angevines 6,450
15,900

Bassin d'Arcachon - Secteur du delta de l'Eyre
5,175
12,790
Bassin du Drugeon 5,906
14,590
Camargue 85,000
210,000
Estuaire du fleuve Sinnamary
28,400
70,000
Etang de Biguglia 1,790
4,400
Etang de Palo 212
520
Etang de Salses-Leucate 7,637
18,870
Etang des Salines 207
510
Etang d'Urbino 790
2,000
Etangs de la Champagne humide 255,800
632,000
Etangs de la Petite Woëvre
5,300
13,000
Etangs du Lindre, forêt du Romersberg et zones voisines 5,308
13,120
Etangs palavasiens 5,797
14,320
Golfe du Morbihan 23,000
57,000
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe 29,500
73,000
Grande Briere 19,000
47,000
Ile d'Europa 205,800
509,000
Impluvium d'Evian 3,275
8,090
La Brenne 140,000
350,000
La Petite Camargue
37,000
91,000
La Vasière des Badamiers 115
280
Lac de Grand-Lieu 6,300
16,000

Lac du Bourget - Marais de Chautagne
5,500
14,000
Lagon de Moorea 5,000
12,000
Le Marais audomarois 3,726
9,210
Les étangs de Villepey 255
630
Les Etangs littoraux de la Narbonnaise 12,334
30,480
Les Lacs du Grand Sud Neo-Caledonien 43,970
108,700

Marais Breton, Baie de Bourgneuf, Ile de Noirmoutier et Forêt de Monts
55,826
137,950

Marais d'Orx et zones humides associées
962
2,380
Marais De Kaw 137,000
340,000
Marais de Sacy 1,073
2,650
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, Baie des Veys 32,500
80,000
Marais du Fier d'Ars 4,452
11,000
Marais et tourbières des vallées de la Somme et de l’Avre 13,100
32,000
Marais salants de Guérande et du Més 5,200
13,000
Marais Vernier et Vallée de la Risle maritime 9,564.46
23,634.3
Mares temporaires de Tre Padule de Suartone 218
540
Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Terres Australes Francaises 2,270,000
5,600,000
Rhin Supérieur / Oberrhein 22,413
55,380
Rives du Lac Léman 1,915
4,730
Salins d'Hyères 900
2,200
Tourbière de Moltifao 33
82
Zones humides et marines de Saint-Martin 2,997
7,410


Georgia


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ispani Mire 770
1,900
Wetlands of Central Kolkheti 33,710
83,300


Germany


















































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aland-Elbe-Niederung und Elbaue Jerichow 8,605
21,260
Ammersee 6,517
16,100
Bayerische Wildalm 7
17

Lake Constance: Wollmatinger Ried - Giehrenmoos & Mindelsee
1,286
3,180
Chiemsee 8,660
21,400
Diepholzer Moorniederung 15,060
37,200
Donauauen & Donaumoos
8,000
20,000
Dümmer 3,600
8,900

Elbauen, Schnackenburg-Lauenburg
7,560
18,700
Galenbecker See 1,015
2,510
Hamburgisches Wattenmeer 11,700
29,000
Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra 1,453
3,590
Ismaninger Speichersee & Fischteichen 955
2,360
Krakower Obersee 870
2,100
Lech-Donau-Winkel 4,014
9,920
Mühlenberger Loch 675
1,670
Niederelbe, Barnkrug-Otterndorf 11,760
29,100
Niederung der Unteren Havel/Gülper See/Schollener See 8,920
22,000
Oberrhein / Rhin Supérieur 25,117
62,070
Ostseeboddengäwasser Westrügen-Hiddensee-Zingst 25,800
64,000
Ostufer Müritz 4,830
11,900
Peitzer Teichgebiet 1,060
2,600
Rheinauen zwischen Eltville und Bingen 566
1,400
Rieselfelder Münster 233
580

Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas
454,988
1,124,300
Starnberger See 5,720
14,100
Steinhuder Meer 5,730
14,200
Unterer Inn, Haiming-Neuhaus 1,955
4,830
Unterer Niederrhein 25,000
62,000
Unteres Odertal, Schwedt 5,400
13,000
Wattenmeer, Elbe-Weser-Dreieck 38,460
95,000
Wattenmeer, Jadebusen & westliche Wesermündung 49,490
122,300

Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart
121,620
300,500
Weserstaustufe Schlüsselburg 1,600
4,000


Greece


























































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Amvrakikos Gulf 23,649
58,440
Artificial Lake Kerkini
10,996
27,170
Axios, Loudias, Aliakmon Delta 11,808
29,180
Evros Delta 9,267
22,900

Kotychi lagoons
6,302
15,570
Lake Mikri Prespa 5,078
12,550

Lake Vistonis, Porto Lagos, Lake Ismaris & adjoining lagoons
24,396
60,280
Lakes Volvi & Koronia
16,388
40,500
Messolonghi lagoons 33,687
83,240

Nestos delta & adjoining lagoons
21,930
54,200


Hungary

























































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Baradla Cave System and related wetlands 2,056
5,080
Béda-Karapancsa 8,668.9
21,421
Biharugra Fishponds 2,791
6,900
Bodrogzug 4,220
10,400
Borsodi-Mezöség 18,470.9
45,643
Csongrád-Bokrosi Sóstó sodic-alkaline pans 865
2,140
Fishponds and Marshlands south of Lake Balaton 9,483
23,430
Gemenc 19,770
48,900
Hortobágy 32,037
79,170
Ipoly Valley 2,303.7
5,693
Kis-Balaton 14,659
36,220
Lake Balaton 59,800
148,000
Lake Fehér at Kardoskút 492
1,220
Lake Fertö 8,432
20,840
Lake Kolon at Izsák 3,059
7,560
Lakes by Tata 1,897
4,690
Mártély 2,324
5,740
Montág-puszta 2,203
5,440
Nyirkai-Hany 419
1,040
Ócsai Turjános 1,145.8
2,831
Pacsmag Fishponds Nature Conservation Area 439.4
1,086
Pusztaszer 5,000
12,000
Rába valley 9,552.3
23,604
Rétszilas Fishponds Nature Conservation Area 1,494
3,690
Szaporca 289.5
715
Upper Kiskunság Alkaline Lakes 7,393.8
18,270
Upper Kiskunság alkaline steppes 13,177
32,560

Upper Tisza (Felsö-Tisza)
26,871
66,400
Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area 1,354.5
3,347


Iceland






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Andakíll Protected Habitat Area 3,086
7,630
Grunnafjörður 1,470
3,600
Guðlaugstungur Nature Reserve 40,160
99,200

Mývatn-Laxá region
20,000
49,000
Snæfell and Eyjabakkar Area 26,450
65,400
Þjórsárver 37,500
93,000


Ireland










































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Baldoyle Bay 203
500
Ballyallia Lough 308
760
Ballycotton Bay 92
230
Ballymacoda 375
930
Bannow Bay 958
2,370

Blacksod Bay and Broadhaven
683
1,690
Blackwater Estuary 468
1,160
Castlemaine Harbour 2,973
7,350
Clara Bog 460
1,100
Coole Lough & Garryland Wood 364
900
Cork Harbour 1,436
3,550
Cummeen Strand 1,491
3,680
Dundalk Bay 4,768
11,780
Dungarvan Harbour 1,041
2,570
Easky Bog 607
1,500
The Gearagh 307
760
Inner Galway Bay 11,905
29,420

Killala Bay/Moy Estuary
1,061
2,620
Knockmoyle/Sheskin 1,198
2,960
Lough Barra Bog 176
430
Lough Corrib 17,728
43,810
Lough Derravaragh 1,120
2,800
Lough Ennell 1,404
3,470
Lough Gara 1,742
4,300
Lough Glen 81
200
Lough Iron 182
450
Lough Oughter 1,464
3,620
Lough Owel 1,032
2,550
Meenachullion Bog 194
480
Mongan Bog 127
310
North Bull Island 1,436
3,550
Owenboy 397
980
Owenduff catchment 1,382
3,410
Pettigo Plateau 900
2,200
Pollardstown Fen 130
320
Raheenmore Bog 162
400
Raven, The 589
1,460
Rogerstown Estuary 195
480

Sandymount Strand/Tolka Estuary
654
1,620
Slieve Bloom Mountains 2,230
5,500
The Broadmeadow Estuary 546
1,350
Tralee Bay 861
2,130
Tramore Backstrand 367
910
Trawbreaga Bay 1,003
2,480
Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 194
480


Italy





Laguna di Orbetello in Italy
































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bacino dell'Angitola 875
2,160
Biviere di Gela 256
630
Busatello marsh 443
1,090
Isola Boscone 201
500
Lago dei Monaci 94
230
Lago di Barrea 303
750
Lago di Burano 410
1,000
Lago di Caprolace 229
570
Lago di Fogliano 395
980
Lago di Nazzano 265
650
Lago di Sabaudia 1,474
3,640
Lago di San Giuliano 2,118
5,230
Lago di Tovel 37
91

Laguna di Marano: Foci dello Stella
1,400
3,500
Laguna di Orbetello 887
2,190

Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto
500
1,200
Lagustelli di Percile 256
630
Le Cesine 620
1,500
Massaciuccoli lake and marsh 11,135
27,520
Oasi del Sele-Serre Persano 174
430
Oasi di Castelvolturno o Variconi 195
480
Ortazzo e Ortazzino 440
1,100
Palude Brabbia 459
1,130
Palude del Brusà Le Vallette 171
420
Palude della Diaccia Botrona 2,500
6,200
Palude di Bolgheri 518
1,280
Palude di Colfiorito 157
390
Palude di Ostiglia 123
300
Pantano di Pignola 172
430
Piallassa della Baiona e Risega 1,630
4,000
Pian di Spagna - Lago di Mezzola
1,740
4,300
Punte Alberete 480
1,200
Sacca di Bellocchio 223
550
Saline di Cervia 785
1,940
Saline di Margherita di Savoia 3,871
9,570
Stagno di Cábras 3,575
8,830
Stagno di Cagliari 3,466
8,560
Stagno di Corru S'Ittiri, Stagni di San Giovanni e Marceddì 2,610
6,400
Stagno di Mistras 680
1,700
Stagno di Molentargius 1,401
3,460
Stagno di Pauli Maiori 287
710
Stagno di Sale Porcus 330
820
Stagno di S'Ena Arrubia 223
550
Torbiere d'Iseo 325
800
Torre Guaceto 940
2,300
Trapani and Paceco salt ponds 971
2,400

Trappola Marshland - Ombrone River Mouth
536
1,320
Valle Bertuzzi 3,100
7,700
Valle Campotto e Bassarone 1,363
3,370
Valle Cavanata 243
600
Valle di Gorino 1,330
3,300
Valle Santa 261
640
Valli del Mincio 1,082
2,670
Valli residue del comprensorio di Comacchio 13,500
33,000
Vendicari 1,450
3,600
Vincheto di Cellarda 99
240


Latvia






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Engure 19,700
49,000
Lake Kanieris 1,995
4,930
Lubana wetland complex 48,020
118,700
Northern Bogs 5,318
13,140
Pape Wetland Complex 51,725
127,820
Teici and Pelecare bogs 23,560
58,200


Liechtenstein













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ruggeller Riet 101
250


Lithuania











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Adutiskis-Svyla-Birveta wetland complex 6,881
17,000
Cepkeliai 11,227
27,740
Girutiskis bog 1,402
3,460
Kamanos 6,401
15,820
Nemunas Delta 28,952
71,540
Viesvilé 3,218
7,950
Zuvintas 7,500
19,000


Luxembourg


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Haff Réimech 313
770
Vallée de la Haute-Sûre
16,900
42,000


Macedonia


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Dojran Lake 2,696
6,660
Lake Prespa 18,920
46,800


Malta


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ghadira 11
27
Is-Simar 5
12


Moldova























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lower Dniester 60,000
150,000
Lower Prut Lakes 19,152
47,330
Unguri-Holosnita 15,553
38,430


Monaco













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Réserve sous-marine du Larvotto 23
57


Montenegro


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Skadarsko Jezero 20,000
49,000
Tivat Saline 150
370


Netherlands





De Biesbosch in the Netherlands



























































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Alde Feanen 2,124
5,250
Bargerveen 2,082
5,140
Biesbosch 9,640
23,800
Broekvelden/Vettenbroek 700
1,700
De Slagbaai 90
220
Deelen 514
1,270
Deurnsche Peel & Mariapeel 2,734
6,760
Duinen Ameland
2,054.5
5,077
Duinen en Lage Land Texel 4,088.8
10,104
Duinen Schiermonnikoog 833.1
2,059
Duinen Terschelling
4,040.3
9,984
Duinen Vlieland
1,484.1
3,667
Engbertsdijksvenen 998
2,470
Grevelingen 13,753
33,980
Groote Peel 1,348
3,330
Haringvliet 10,880
26,900
Het Gotomeer 150
370
Het Lac 700
1,700
Het Pekelmeer 400
990
Het Spaans Lagoen 70
170
Hollands Diep 4,139
10,230
IJsselmeer 113,341
280,070

Ketelmeer en Vossemeer
3,900
9,600

Klein Bonaire Island and adjacent sea
600
1,500
Klein Curaçao 248.5
614
Krammer-Volkerak 6,159
15,220
Lauwersmeer 5,754
14,220
Leekstermeergebied 1,543
3,810
Malpais/Sint Michiel 1,100
2,700

Markermeer & IJmeer
68,463.4
169,177
Markiezaat 1,831.9
4,527
Muizenberg 65
160
Mullet Pond 26.4
65
Naardermeer 1,151
2,840
North Sea Coastal Area 144,474.8
357,005
Northwest Curaçao 2,441
6,030
Oostelijke Vechtplassen 4,500
11,000
Oosterschelde 36,978
91,370
Oostvaardersplassen 5,477
13,530
Oudegaasterbrekken, Fluessen en omgeving 3,053.9
7,546
Rif Sint Marie 668
1,650
Rottige Meenthe en Brandemeer 1,369
3,380
Sneekermeergebied 2,300
5,700
Veerse Meer 2,539
6,270
Veluwerandmeren 6,123.5
15,131
Voordelta 92,271
228,010
Voornes Duin 1,432
3,540
Wadden Sea 271,023.3
669,713
Weerribben 3,329
8,230

Westerschelde & Saeftinghe
43,647
107,850
Wieden 9,400
23,000
Zoommeer 1,175
2,900
Zuidlaardermeergebied 2,100
5,200
Zwanenwater 600
1,500
Zwarte Meer 2,162
5,340


Norway



































































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Åkersvika 428.1
1,058
Anda 52.5
130
Atnsjømyrene 533
1,320
Balsfjord Wetland System 1,795
4,440
Bear Island 298,171
736,800
Bliksvær 4,316
10,670
Dokkadelta 375
930
Dunoyane 1,191
2,940
Evenes wetland system 434
1,070
Fiskumvannet Nature Reserve 119
290
Fokstumyra 1,799
4,450
Forlandsoyane 540
1,300
Froan Nature Reserve and Landscape Protection Area 49,097
121,320
Gåsøyane 236
580
Giske Wetlands System 553.3
1,367
Glomådeltaet 594
1,470
Grunnfjorden 1,472
3,640
Haroya Wetlands System 190
470
Havmyran 3,872
9,570
Hedmarksvidda Wetland System 4,742
11,720
Hopen 318,567
787,200
Horsvaer 17,036
42,100
Horta 3,158
7,800
Hynna 6,442
15,920
Ilene and Presterodkilen Wetland System 216
530
Innherred Freshwater System 182
450
Isoyane 230
570
Jaeren wetland system 3,085
7,620
Karlsoyvaer 4,936
12,200
Kongsfjorden 710
1,800
Kurefjorden 392
970
Kvisleflået 5,682
14,040
Laukvikoyene 1,084
2,680
Lista Wetlands System 1,173
2,900
Lovund-Lundeura 153
380
Målselvutløpet 1,287.5
3,181
Mastadfjellet 802
1,980
Mellandsvågen 96
240
Mosvasstangen Landscape Protection Area 1,440.9
3,561
Nordenskiöldkysten 42,992
106,240
Nordre Oyeren 6,440.7
15,915
Nordre Tyrifjord Wetlands System 322
800
Ora 1,676
4,140
Orland Wetland System 3,168
7,830
Ovre Forra 10,254
25,340
Pasvik Nature Reserve 1,910
4,700
Reisautløpet 600
1,500
Risøysundet 504
1,250
Røstøyan 6,986.4
17,264
Rott-Håstein-Kjør 10,721.8
26,494
Runde 351
870
Sandblåst-/Gaustadvågen Nature Reserve 245.3
606
Sklinna 589
1,460
Skogvoll 5,544
13,700
Slettnes 1,230
3,000
Sørkapp 55,203
136,410
Stabbursneset 1,568
3,870
Tanamunningen 3,409
8,420

Tautra & Svaet
1,635
4,040
Trondheim Fjord wetland system 1,846
4,560
Tufsingdeltaet 895
2,210
Ulendeltaet 269.9
667
West-Vikna Archipelago 13,592
33,590


Poland








































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Biebrzański National Park 59,233
146,370
Czerwone bog woodland - nature reserve 114.7
283
Druzno Lake Nature Reserve 3,068
7,580
Glacial lakes in the Tatra National Park 571.1
1,411
Karás Lake Nature Reserve 815
2,010
Lake of Seven Islands Nature Reserve 1,618
4,000
Luknajno Lake Nature Reserve 1,189
2,940
Milicz Fishponds Nature Reserve 5,324
13,160
Narew River National Park 7,350
18,200
Peat bogs in the Tatra National Park 741
1,830
Peatland of the Izera River Valley 529.4
1,308
Poleski National Park 9,762
24,120
Przemków Fish Ponds 4,605.4
11,380
Słowiński National Park 32,744
80,910
Subalpine peatbogs in Karkonosze Mountains 40
99
Swidwie Lake Nature Reserve 891
2,200
Vistula River Mouth 1,748.1
4,320
Warta River Mouth National Park 7,956
19,660
Wigry National Park 15,085
37,280


Portugal





Algar do Carvão in the Azores



































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bertiandos and S. Pedro of Arcos Lagoons 346
850
Caldeira da Graciosa 120
300
Caldeira do Faial 312
770
Caldeirão do Corvo 316
780
Complexo Vulcânico das Furnas 2,855
7,050
Complexo Vulcânico das Sete Cidades 2,171
5,360
Complexo Vulcânico do Fogo 2,182
5,390

Estrela Mountain upper Plateau and upper Zêzere River
5,075
12,540
Estuário do Sado 25,588
63,230
Estuário do Tejo 14,563
35,990

'Fajãs' of Caldeira and Cubres Lagoons
87
210

Ilhéus das Formigas e Recife Dollabarat
7
17
Lagoa da Albufeira 1,995
4,930
Lagoa de St. André et Lagoa de Sancha 2,638
6,520
Mira Minde Polje and related Springs 662
1,640
Mondego Estuary 1,518
3,750

Pateira de Fermentelos Lake and Águeda and Cértima Valleys
1,559
3,850
Paúl de Arzila 585
1,450
Paúl de Madriz 226
560
Paúl de Tornada 50
120
Paúl do Boquilobo 529
1,310
Paúl do Taipal 233
580
Planalto Central da Terceira 1,283
3,170
Planalto Central das Flores 2,572
6,360
Planalto Central de São Jorge 231
570
Planalto Central do Pico 748
1,850
Praia da Vitória Marsh 16
40
Ria de Alvor 1,454
3,590
Ria Formosa 16,000
40,000
Sapais de Castro Marim 2,235
5,520
Vascão River 44,331
109,540


Romania




The Danube Delta in Romania







































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bistret 27,482
67,910
Blahnita 45,286
111,900
Borcea Arm 21,529
53,200
Calafat-Ciuperceni-Danube 29,206
72,170
Canaralele de la Harsova 7,406
18,300
Comana Natural Park 24,963
61,680
Danube Delta 647,000
1,600,000
Danube Islands Bugeac-Iotormac 82,832
204,680
Dumbravita Fishpond Complex 414
1,020
Iron Gates Natural Park 115,666
285,820
Jiu-Danube Confluence 19,800
49,000
Lake Calarasi 5,001
12,360
Lake Techirghiol 1,462
3,610
Mures Floodplain 17,166
42,420
Old Danube-Macin Arm 26,792
66,200
Olt-Danube Confluence 46,623
115,210
Poiana Stampei Peat Bog 640
1,600
Small Island of Braila 17,586
43,460
Suhaia 19,594
48,420


Russia
























































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Area between the Pura & Mokoritto Rivers 1,125,000
2,780,000
Berezovye Islands, Gulf of Finland 12,000
30,000
Brekhovsky Islands in the Yenisei estuary 1,400,000
3,500,000
Chany Lakes 364,848
901,560
Gorbita Delta 75,000
190,000
Islands in Ob Estuary, Kara Sea 128,000
320,000
Islands in Onega Bay, White Sea 3,600
8,900
Kama-Bakaldino Mires 226,500
560,000
Kandalaksha Bay 208,000
510,000
Karaginski Island, Bering Sea 193,597
478,390
Khingano-Arkharinskaya Lowland 200,000
490,000
Kuban Delta: Akhtaro-Grivenskaya group of limans 84,600
209,000
Kuban Delta: Group of limans between rivers Kuban & Protoka 88,400
218,000
Kurgalsky Peninsula 65,000
160,000
Lake Bolon & the mouths of the Selgon & Simmi Rivers 53,800
133,000
Lake Khanka 310,000
770,000
Lake Manych-Gudilo 112,600
278,000
Lake Udyl & the mouths of the Bichi, Bitki & Pilda Rivers 57,600
142,000
Lower Dvuobje 540,000
1,300,000
Moroshechnaya River 219,000
540,000
Mshinskaye wetland system 75,100
186,000
Oka & Pra River Floodplains 161,542
399,180
Parapolsky Dol 1,200,000
3,000,000
Pskovsko-Chudskaya Lowland 93,600
231,000
Selenga Delta 12,100
30,000
Southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea 6,400
16,000
Svir Delta 60,500
149,000
Tobol-Ishim Forest-steppe 1,217,000
3,010,000
Torey Lakes 172,500
426,000
Upper Dvuobje 470,000
1,200,000
Utkholok 220,000
540,000
Veselovskoye Reservoir 309,000
760,000
Volga Delta 800,000
2,000,000
Wetlands in the Lower Bagan area 26,880
66,400
Zeya-Bureya Plains 31,600
78,000


Serbia


























































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Gornje Podunavlje 22,480
55,500
Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit 8,292
20,490
Labudovo okno 3,733
9,220
Ludasko Lake 593
1,470
Obedska Bara 17,501
43,250
Pestersko polje 3,455
8,540
Slano Kopovo 976
2,410

Stari Begej - Carska Bara Special Nature Reserve
1,767
4,370
Vlasina 3,209
7,930
Zasavica 1,913
4,730


Slovakia





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Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Caves of the Demanova Valley 1,448
3,580
Domica 622
1,540
Dunajské luhy 14,488
35,800
Latorica 4,405
10,880
Moravské luhy 5,380
13,300
Orava River and its Tributaries 865
2,140
Parížske močiare 184
450
Poiplie 411
1,020
Rudava River Valley 560
1,400
Senné fishponds 425
1,050
Súr 1,137
2,810
Tisa River 735
1,820
Turiec wetlands 750
1,900
Wetlands of Orava Basin 9,287
22,950


Slovenia























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Cerknisko jezero z okolico 7,250
17,900
Secoveljske soline 650
1,600
Skocjanske Jame 305
750


Spain
































































































































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aiguamolls de l'Empordà 4,784
11,820
Albufera de Adra 75
190
Albufera de Valencia 21,000
52,000
Bahía de Cádiz 10,000
25,000
Colas del Embalse de Ullibarri 397
980
Complejo de Corrubedo 550
1,400
Complejo intermareal Umia-Grove 2,561
6,330
Complejo lagunar de La Albuera 1,878
4,640
Delta del Ebro 7,736
19,120
Doñana 111,646
275,880
Embalse de las Cañas 101
250
Embalse de Orellana 5,500
14,000
Embalses de Cordobilla y Malpasillo 1,972
4,870
Humedales de la Sierra de Urbión 86
210
Humedales del Macizo de Peñalara 487
1,200
Humedales y Turberas de Padul 327
810
Lago de Banyoles 1,033
2,550
Lago de Caicedo-Yuso y Salinas de Añana 26
64
Laguna de Chiprana 162
400
Laguna de El Hito 573
1,420
Laguna de Fuente de Piedra 1,364
3,370
Laguna de Gallocanta 6,720
16,600
Laguna de la Nava de Fuentes 326
810
Laguna de la Vega 34
84
Laguna de Manjavacas 231
570
Laguna de Pitillas 216
530
Laguna del Prado 52
130
Laguna y arenal de Valdoviño 485
1,200
Lagunas de Alcázar de San Juan 240
590
Lagunas de Cádiz 158
390
Lagunas de Campotejar 61
150
Lagunas de la Mata y Torrevieja 3,693
9,130
Lagunas de Laguardia 45
110
Lagunas de las Moreras 73
180
Lagunas de Puebla de Beleña 191
470
Lagunas de Ruidera 6,639
16,410
Lagunas de Villafáfila 2,714
6,710
Lagunas del sur de Córdoba 86
210
Las Tablas de Daimiel 1,928
4,760
Mar Menor 14,933
36,900
Marjal de Almenara 1,473.9
3,642
Marismas de Santoña 6,907
17,070
Marismas del Odiel 7,185
17,750
Marjal de Pego-Oliva 1,290
3,200
Pantano de El Hondo 2,387
5,900
Paraje Natural Brazo del Este 1,362
3,370
Paraje Natural Laguna Grande 200
490
Paraje Natural Lagunas de Palos y las Madres 635
1,570
Paraje Natural Punta Entinas-Sabinar 1,948
4,810
Parque Nacional de Aiguestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici 39,979
98,790
Prat de Cabanes - Torreblanca 812
2,010
Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Chiclana 793
1,960
Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Espera 514
1,270
Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico de Puerto Real 863
2,130
Reserva Natural Complejo Endorreico Lebrija-Las Cabezas 897
2,220
Reserva Natural Laguna de los Jarales 147
360
Reserva Natural Laguna de Tíscar 185
460
Reserva Natural Laguna del Chinche 221
550
Reserva Natural Laguna del Conde o El Salobral 345
850
Reserva Natural Laguna Honda 368
910
Reserva Natural Lagunas de Archidona 204
500
Reserva Natural Lagunas de Campillos 1,342
3,320
Ria de Mundaka-Guernika 945
2,340
Ría de Villaviciosa 1,263
3,120
Ría del Eo 1,740
4,300
Rias de Ortigueira y Ladrido 2,920
7,200
Saladar de Jandía 127
310
Saladas de Sástago-Bujaraloz 8,145
20,130
S'Albufera de Mallorca 1,700
4,200
Salburua 174
430
Salinas de Ibiza y Formentera 1,640
4,100
Salinas de Santa Pola 2,496
6,170
Salinas del Cabo de Gata 300
740
Tremedales de Orihuela 1,845
4,560
Txingudi 128
320


Sweden




























































































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Aloppkölen-Köpmankölen 20,079
49,620
Asköviken-Sörfjärden 12,251
30,270
Blaikfjället 43,487
107,460
Blekinge archipelago 12,958
32,020

Dalälven-Färnebofjärden
16,866
41,680
Dättern 3,990
9,900
Dumme mosse 3,098
7,660
Emån 1,527
3,770

Falsterbo – (Bay of) Foteviken
7,851.4
19,401
Fylleån 805.6
1,991
Gammelstadsviken 440
1,100
Getapulien-Grönbo 3,229
7,980
Getterön 449.9
1,112

Gotland, east coast
4,963.8
12,266
Gullhög-Tönningfloarna 1,881
4,650
Gustavsmurarna-Tröskens rikkärr 660.2
1,631
Helgeån 8,042
19,870
Hjälstaviken 808
2,000
Hornborgasjön 6,197
15,310
Hovran area 4,858
12,000
Kallgate-Hejnum 1,647
4,070
Kilsviken 9,046
22,350
Klingavälsån-Krankesjön 3,989
9,860
Komosse 4,288
10,600
Koppången 4,936
12,200
Kvismaren 837
2,070
Laidaure 4,316
10,670
Lake Ånnsjön 11,031
27,260
Lake Åsnen 17,866
44,150
Lake Östen 1,486
3,670
Lake Persöfjärden 3,452
8,530
Lundåkra Bay 2,148
5,310
Mannavuoma 704
1,740
Mellanljusnan 1,711.4
4,229
Mellerstön 290
720

Mörrumsån-Pukavik Bay
2,557
6,320
Mossaträsk-Stormyran 914
2,260
Nittälven 1,940
4,800

Nordre älv estuary
7,226
17,860

Öland, eastern coastal areas
10,718
26,480
Oldflån-Flån 10,590
26,200
Oset-Rynningeviken 646
1,600
Ottenby 1,856
4,590
Päivävuoma 2,759
6,820
Pirttimysvuoma 2,586
6,390
Rappomyran 3,031
7,490
Sikåsvågarna 2,305
5,700
Sjaunja 181,333
448,080
Skälderviken 1,463
3,620
Södra Bråviken
3,610
8,900
Stigfjorden 7,326
18,100
Stockholm, outer archipelago 15,000
37,000

Store Mosse and Kävsjön
7,797
19,270
Storkölen 6,992
17,280
Sulsjön-Sulån 350
860
Svartån 1,977
4,890
Tåkern 5,421
13,400
Tärnasjön 23,236
57,420
Tavvavuoma 28,920
71,500
Tjålmejaure-Laisdalen Valley 21,602
53,380
Tönnersjöheden-Årshultsmyren 12,388
30,610

Träslövsläge-Morups Tånge
1,975.5
4,882
Tysjöarna 424
1,050
Umeälv delta 1,889
4,670
Vasikkavuoma 200
490
Västra Roxen 4,108
10,150
Vattenån 3,621
8,950
Vindelälven 66,395
164,070


Switzerland





Klingnauer Stausee in Switzerland































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bolle di Magadino 663
1,640
Fanel et Chablais de Cudrefin 1,155
2,850
Kaltbrunner Riet 157
390
Klingnauer Stausee 364
900
Laubersmad-Salwidili 1,376
3,400
Le Rhône genevois-Vallons de l'Allondon et de La Laire 1,929.4
4,768
Les Grangettes 6,342.2
15,672
Niederried Stausee 297
730
Rhonegletschervorfeld 317
780
Rive sud du lac de Neuchâtel
1,705.9
4,215
Vadret da Roseg 383
950


Turkey














































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Akyatan Lagoon 14,700
36,000
Gediz Delta 14,900
37,000
Göksu Delta 15,000
37,000
Kizilirmak Delta 21,700
54,000
Kizören Obrouk 127
310
Lake Burdur 24,800
61,000
Lake Kus 20,400
50,000
Lake Kuyucuk 416
1,030
Lake Seyfe 10,700
26,000
Lake Uluabat 19,900
49,000
Meke Maar 202
500
Nemrut Caldera 4,589
11,340
Sultan Reedy National Park 17,200
43,000
Yumurtalik Lagoons 19,853
49,060


Ukraine












































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Archipelago Velyki and Mali Kuchugury
7,740
19,100
Aquatic-cliff complex of Cape Kazantyp
251
620
Aquatic-cliff complex of Karadag 224
550
Aquatic-coastal complex of Cape Opuk 775
1,920
Bakotska Bay 1,590
3,900
Berda River Mouth & Berdianska Spit & Berdianska Bay 1,800
4,400
Big Chapelsk Depression 2,359
5,830
Bilosaraiska Bay and Bilosaraiska Spit 2,000
4,900

Byle Lake and Koza Berezyna Mire
8,036.5
19,859
Central Syvash 80,000
200,000
Cheremske Bog 2,975.7
7,353
Desna River Floodplains 4,270
10,600
Dniester-Turunchuk Crossrivers Area 76,000
190,000
Dnipro River Delta 26,000
64,000
Dnipro-Oril Floodplains 2,560
6,300
Eastern Syvash 165,000
410,000
Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays 87,000
210,000
Kartal Lake 500
1,200
Kryva Bay and Kryva Spit 1,400
3,500
Kugurlui Lake 6,500
16,000
Kyliiske Mouth 32,800
81,000
Lake Synevyr 29
72
Lower Smotrych River
1,480
3,700
Molochnyi Liman 22,400
55,000
Northern Part of the Dniester Liman
20,000
49,000
Obytochna Spit and Obytochna Bay 2,000
4,900
Perebrody Peatlands 12,718
31,430
Polissia Mires 2,145
5,300
Prypiat River Floodplains 12,000
30,000
Sasyk Lake 21,000
52,000
Shagany-Alibei-Burnas Lakes System 19,000
47,000
Shatsk Lakes 32,850
81,200
Sim Maiakiv Floodplain 2,140
5,300
Somyne Swamps 10,852
26,820
Stokhid River Floodplains 10,000
25,000
Syra Pogonia Bog 10,000
25,000
Tendrivska Bay 38,000
94,000
Tyligulskyi Liman 26,000
64,000
Yagorlytska Bay 34,000
84,000


United Kingdom





































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Abberton Reservoir 726
1,790
Akrotiri 2,171
5,360
Alde-Ore Estuary 2,547
6,290

Alderney West Coast and the Burhou Islands
15,629
38,620
Arun Valley 529
1,310
Avon Valley 1,385
3,420
Ballaugh Curragh 193
480
Ballynahone Bog 243
600
Belfast Lough 432
1,070
Benfleet and Southend Marshes 2,251
5,560
Bertha's Beach 4,000
9,900
Black Bog 183
450
Blackwater Estuary 4,395
10,860
Booby Pond and Rookery 82
200
Breydon Water 1,203
2,970
Bridgend Flats, Islay 331
820
Broadland 4,623
11,420
Burry Inlet 6,672
16,490
Cairngorm Lochs 173
430
Caithness & Sutherland Peatlands 143,503
354,600
Caithness Lochs 1,379
3,410
Cameron Reservoir 69
170
Carlingford Lough 831
2,050
Castle Loch, Lochmaben 108
270

Chesil Beach & The Fleet
748
1,850

Chichester and Langstone Harbours
5,810
14,400
Chippenham Fen 112
280
Claish Moss 568
1,400
Coll 2,209
5,460
Colne Estuary 2,701
6,670
Cors Caron 874
2,160

Cors Fochno & Dyfi
2,508
6,200
Corsydd Mon a Llyn 626
1,550
Cromarty Firth 3,747
9,260

Crouch & Roach Estuaries
1,736
4,290
Crymlyn Bog 268
660
Cuilcagh Mountain 2,744
6,780
Deben Estuary 979
2,420
Dengie 3,127
7,730
Dersingham Bog 158
390
Diego Garcia 35,424
87,530
Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch 51
130

Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet
7,837
19,370
Dorset Heathlands 6,730
16,600
Duddon Estuary 6,806
16,820
East Sanday Coast 1,515
3,740
Eilean Na Muice Duibhe 576
1,420
Esthwaite Water 137
340
Exe Estuary 2,346
5,800
Fairy Water Bogs 224
550
Fala Flow 318
790
Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs 43
110
Firth of Forth 6,314
15,600

Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary
6,918
17,090
Foulness 10,933
27,020
Garron Plateau 4,650
11,500
Garry Bog 155
380
Gibraltar Point 414
1,020
Gladhouse Reservoir 186
460
Gough Island 229,811
567,880
Greenlaw Moor 248
610

Gruinart Flats, Islay
3,261
8,060
Hamford Water 2,187
5,400

Herm, Jethou and The Humps
1,802.9
4,455
Holburn Lake and Moss 28
69
Humber Estuary 37,988
93,870
Hungry Bay Mangrove Swamp 2
4.9
Inaccessible Island 126,524
312,650
Inner Clyde Estuary 1,825
4,510
Inner Moray Firth 2,339
5,780
Irthinghead Mires 792
1,960
Isles of Scilly 402
990

Kintyre Goose Roosts
312
770
Larne Lough 396
980
Lee Valley 448
1,110
Leighton Moss 129
320

Les Écréhous & Les Dirouilles, Jersey
5,459
13,490

Les Minquiers, Jersey
9,575
23,660
Les Pierres de Lecq 512
1,270

Lewis Peatlands
58,984
145,750

Lihou Island and l'Erée Headland, Guernsey
427
1,060
Lindisfarne 3,679
9,090
Llyn Idwal 14
35
Llyn Tegid 482
1,190
Loch an Duin 2,621
6,480
Loch Eye 205
510

Loch Ken & River Dee Marshes
769
1,900
Loch Leven 1,612
3,980
Loch Lomond 237
590
Loch Maree 3,174
7,840
Loch of Inch & Torrs Warren 2,111
5,220
Loch of Kinnordy 85
210
Loch of Lintrathen 217
540
Loch of Skene 121
300
Loch of Strathbeg 616
1,520
Loch Ruthven 201
500
Loch Spynie 94
230
Lough Foyle 2,204
5,450

Lough Neagh & Lough Beg
50,166
123,960
Lover's Lake Nature Reserve 2
4.9
Lower Derwent Valley 915
2,260
Magheraveely Marl Loughs 59
150
Malham Tarn 286
710
Martin Mere 120
300
Medway Estuary & Marshes 4,697
11,610
Mersey Estuary 5,033
12,440
Midland Meres & Mosses 511
1,260
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 2 1,588
3,920

Minsmere - Walberswick
2,019
4,990
Montrose Basin 985
2,430
Moray and Nairn Coast 2,412
5,960
Morecambe Bay 37,405
92,430
Muir of Dinnet 158
390
Nene Washes 1,517
3,750
North Norfolk Coast 7,887
19,490

North Uist Machair and Islands
4,705
11,630

North, Middle & East Caicos Islands
58,617
144,850
Northumbria Coast 1,108
2,740
Ouse Washes 2,469
6,100
Paget Marsh 11
27
Pagham Harbour 637
1,570
Pembroke Marsh East 8
20
Pettigoe Plateau 1,264
3,120
Pevensey Levels 3,578
8,840
Poole Harbour 2,439
6,030
Portsmouth Harbour 1,249
3,090
Rannoch Moor 1,519
3,750
Redgrave and South Lopham Fens 127
310
Ribble and Alt Estuaries 13,464
33,270
Rinns of Islay 3,571
8,820

River Spey - Insh Marshes
1,159
2,860

Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon
5,470
13,500
Rostherne Mere 80
200
Roydon Common 194
480
Rutland Water 1,360
3,400
Sea Lion Island 1,000
2,500
Severn Estuary 24,701
61,040
Silver Flowe 620
1,500
Sleibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh 1,939
4,790
Slieve Beagh 1,885
4,660

Solent and Southampton Water
5,415
13,380
Sombrero Island Nature Reserve Marine Park 1,050.7
2,596
Somerset Levels and Moors 6,388
15,790
Somerset Long Bay Pond 1
2.5
South East Coast of Jersey, Channel Islands 3,210
7,900
South Tayside Goose Roosts 331
820
South Uist Machair & Lochs 5,019
12,400
South West London Waterbodies 828
2,050
Spittal Pond 10
25
Stodmarsh 481
1,190

Stour & Orwell Estuaries
3,324
8,210
Strangford Loch 15,581
38,500

Teesmouth & Cleveland Coast
1,247
3,080

Thames Estuary and Marshes
5,589
13,810

Thanet Coast & Sandwich Bay
2,169
5,360
The Dee Estuary 14,302
35,340
The Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore
2,078
5,130
The New Forest 28,003
69,200
The Swale 6,515
16,100
The Wash 62,212
153,730

Thursley & Ockley Bog
265
650
Turmennan Lough 15
37
Upper Lough Erne 5,818
14,380
Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits 1,358
3,360

Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
43,637
107,830
Walmore Common 53
130
Warwick Pond 2
4.9
Western Salt Ponds of Anegada 1,071
2,650
Westwater 50
120
Wicken Fen 254
630
Woodwalton Fen 208
510

Ythan Estuary & Meikle Loch
314
780


Latin America and the Caribbean



Antigua and Barbuda













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Codrington Lagoon 3,600
8,900


Argentina



































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre) Province Site# Designated
Bahía de Samborombón 243,965
602,850 Buenos Aires 885 1997-01-24

Bañados del Río Dulce y Laguna de Mar Chiquita
996,000
2,460,000 Córdoba 1176 2002-05-28
Delta del Paraná 243,126
600,780
Santa Fe
Entre Ríos
2255 2015-10-03

Glaciar Vinciguerra y Turberas Asociadas
2,760
6,800 Tierra del Fuego 1886 2009-09-15
Humedal Laguna Melincué 92,000
230,000 Santa Fe 1785 2008-07-24
Humedales Chaco 508,000
1,260,000 Chaco 1366 2004-02-02
Humedales de Península Valdés 42,695
105,500 Chubut 2070 2012-07-20
Jaaukanigás 492,000
1,220,000 Santa Fe 1112 2001-10-10
Laguna Blanca 11,250
27,800 Neuquén 556 1992-05-04
Laguna de Llancanelo 65,000
160,000 Mendoza 759 1995-11-08
Laguna de los Pozuelos 16,224
40,090 Jujuy 555 1992-05-04
Lagunas altoandinas y puneñas de Catamarca 1,228,175
3,034,890 Catamarca 1865 2009-02-02
Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero y del Bebedero
962,370
2,378,100

Mendoza
San Juan
San Luis
1012 1999-12-14
Lagunas de Vilama 157,000
390,000 Jujuy 1040 2000-09-20
Lagunas y Esteros del Iberá 24,550
60,700 Corrientes 1162 2002-01-18
Palmar Yatay 21,450
53,000 Entre Ríos 1969 2011-05-05
Parque Provincial El Tromen 30,000
74,000 Neuquén 1626 2006-02-02
Reserva Costa Atlantica de Tierra del Fuego 28,600
71,000 Tierra del Fuego 745 1995-09-13
Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur 353
870 Buenos Aires 1459 2005-03-22
Reserva Natural Otamendi 3,000
7,400 Buenos Aires 1750 2008-03-22
Reserva Natural Villavicencio 62,244
153,810 Mendoza 2330 2017-12-27
Reserva Provincial Laguna Brava 405,000
1,000,000 La Rioja 1238 2003-02-02
Rio Pilcomayo 51,889
128,220 Formosa 557 1992-05-04


Bahamas













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Inagua National Park 32,600
81,000


Barbados













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Graeme Hall Swamp 33
82


Belize


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 6,637
16,400
Sarstoon Temash National Park 16,955
41,900


Bolivia































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bañados del Izozog y el río Parapetí 615,882
1,521,880
Cuenca de Tajzara 5,500
14,000
Lago Titicaca 800,000
2,000,000

Lagos Poopó y Uru Uru
967,607
2,391,010
Laguna Concepción 31,124
76,910
Los Lípez 1,427,717
3,527,970
Palmar de las Islas y las Salinas de San José 856,754
2,117,090
Pantanal Boliviano 3,189,888
7,882,380
Río Blanco 2,404,915
5,942,670
Río Matos 1,729,788
4,274,400
Río Yata 2,813,229
6,951,640


Brazil





































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Abrolhos Marine National Park 91,300
226,000

Amazon Estuary and its Mangroves
3,850,253
9,514,180
Anavilhanas National Park 350,469.8
866,030
Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve 35,186.4
86,947
Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area 1,775,035
4,386,210
Cabo Orange National Park 202,307
499,910
Environmental Protection Area of Cananéia-Iguape-Peruíbe 657,328
1,624,290
Fernando de Noronha Archipelago 10,929.2
27,007
Guaporé Biological Reserve 600,000
1,500,000
Guaraqueçaba Ecological Station 4,370
10,800
Guaratuba 38,329.3
94,714
Ilha do Bananal 562,312
1,389,500
Ilha Grande National Park 76,033.1
187,882
Lagoa do Peixe 34,400
85,000
Lund Warming 23,865.4
58,973
Mamirauá 1,124,000
2,780,000
Pantanal Matogrossense 135,000
330,000

Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel Manoel Luís including the Baixios do Mestre Álvaro and Tarol
34,555
85,390
Reentrancias Maranhenses 2,680,911
6,624,680
Reserva Particular del Patrimonio Natural Fazenda Rio Negro 7,000
17,000
Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural SESC Pantanal
87,871
217,130
Rio Doce State Park 35,973
88,890
Rio Negro 12,001,614.4
29,656,635
Taim Ecological Station 10,938.6
27,030
Viruá National Park 216,427
534,800


Chile














































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bahía Lomas 58,945
145,660
Carlos Anwandter Sanctuary 4,877
12,050
Humedal el Yali 520
1,300
Humedales Costeros de la Bahía Tongoy 259
640
Laguna del Negro Francisco y Laguna Santa Rosa 62,460
154,300
Las Salinas de Huentelauquén (LSH) 2,772
6,850
Parque Andino Juncal 13,795
34,090
Salar de aguas Calientes IV 15,529
38,370
Salar de Pujsa 17,397
42,990
Salar de Surire 15,858
39,190
Salar de Tara 96,439
238,310
Salar del Huasco 6,000
15,000
Santuario de la Naturaleza Laguna Conchalí 34
84
Sistema Hidrológico de Soncor del Salar de Atacama 67,133
165,890


Colombia











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Complejo de Humedales de la Estrella Fluvial Inírida (EFI) 250,158.91
618,156.1
Complejo de humedales Lagos de Tarapoto 45,464
112,340
Complejo de Humedales Laguna del Otún 6,579
16,260
Delta del Río Baudó 8,888
21,960
Laguna de la Cocha 39,000
96,000
Sistema Delta Estuarino del Río Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta
400,000
990,000
Sistema Lacustre de Chingaza 4,058
10,030


Costa Rica





Isla del Coco, Costa Rica




































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Caño Negro 9,969
24,630
Cuenca Embalse Arenal 67,295
166,290
Gandoca-Manzanillo 9,445
23,340
Humedal Caribe Noreste 75,310
186,100
Humedal Maquenque 59,692
147,500
Isla del Coco 99,623
246,170
Laguna Respringue 75
190
Manglar de Potrero Grande 139
340
Palo Verde 24,519
60,590
Tamarindo 500
1,200

Terraba-Sierpe
30,654
75,750
Turberas de Talamanca 192,520
475,700


Cuba






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Buenavista 313,500
775,000
Ciénaga de Lanier y Sur de la Isla de la Juventud 126,200
312,000
Ciénaga de Zapata 452,000
1,120,000
Gran Humedal del Norte de Ciego de Ávila 226,875
560,620
Humedal Delta del Cauto 47,835
118,200
Humedal Río Máximo-Cagüey 22,000
54,000


Dominican Republic




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Humedales de Jaragua 32,978.63
81,492.0
Lago Enriquillo 20,000
49,000
Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna 77,518
191,550
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Laguna Cabral o Rincón 4,600
11,000


Ecuador







































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Abras de Mantequilla 22,500
56,000
Complejo de Humedales Cuyabeno Lagartococha Yasuní 773,668.5
1,911,776
Complejo de Humedales Ñucanchi Turupamba 12,290
30,400
Complejo LLanganti 30,355
75,010
Humedales del Sur de Isabela 872
2,150
Isla Santay 4,705
11,630
La Segua 1,835
4,530
La Tembladera 1,471
3,630
Laguna de Cube 113
280
Manglares Churute 35,042
86,590
Manglares del Estuario Interior del Golfo de Guayaquil 15,337
37,900
Parque Nacional Cajas 29,477
72,840
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Isla Santa Clara 45
110
Reserva Biológica Limoncocha 4,613
11,400
Reserva Ecológica de Manglares Cayapas-Mataje 44,847
110,820
Reserva Ecológica El Ángel 17,003
42,020
Sistema Lacustre Lagunas del Compadre 23,952
59,190
Sistema Lacustre Yacuri 27,762
68,600
Zona Marina Parque Nacional Machalilla 14,430
35,700


El Salvador











































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Area Natural Protegida Laguna del Jocotal 4,479
11,070
Complejo Bahía de Jiquilisco 63,500
157,000
Complejo Barra de Santiago 11,519
28,460
Complejo Güija 10,180
25,200
Complejo Jaltepeque 49,454
122,200
Embalse Cerrón Grande 60,698
149,990
Laguna de Olomega 7,557
18,670


Grenada













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Levera Wetland 518
1,280


Guatemala












































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Eco-región Lachuá 53,523
132,260
Manchón-Guamuchal 13,500
33,000
Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre 335,080
828,000
Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo 37,160
91,800
Punta de Manabique 132,900
328,000
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Bocas del Polochic 21,227
52,450
Reserva de Usos Múltiples Río Sarstún 35,202
86,990


Honduras



























































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Barras de Cuero y Salado 13,225
32,680
Laguna de Bacalar 7,394
18,270
Parque Nacional Jeanette Kawas 78,150
193,100
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Punta Izopo 11,200
28,000
Sistema de Humedales Cuyamel-Omoa 30,029
74,200
Sistema de Humedales de la Isla de Utila 16,225
40,090
Sistema de Humedales de la Zona Sur de Honduras 69,711
172,260
Sistema de Humedales de Santa Elena 1,543
3,810
Sistema de Humedales Laguna de Zambuco 649
1,600
Subcuenca del Lago de Yojoa
43,640
107,800


Jamaica




























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Black River Lower Morass 5,700
14,000
Mason River Protected Area 82
200
Palisadoes - Port Royal 7,523
18,590
Portland Bight Wetlands and Cays 24,542
60,640


Nicaragua





















































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Cayos Miskitos y Franja Costera Immediata 85,000
210,000
Deltas del Estero Real y Llanos de Apacunca 81,700
202,000
Lago de Apanás-Asturias 5,415
13,380
Los Guatuzos 43,750
108,100
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Río San Juan 43,000
110,000
Sistema de Humedales de la Bahía de Bluefields 86,501
213,750
Sistema de Humedales de San Miguelito 43,475
107,430
Sistema Lacustre Playitas-Moyúa-Tecomapa 1,161
2,870
Sistema Lagunar de Tisma 16,850
41,600


Panama

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bahía de Panamá 48,919
120,880
Golfo de Montijo 80,765
199,570
Humedal de Importancia Internacional Damani-Guariviara 24,089
59,530
Punta Patiño 13,805
34,110
San San - Pond Sak 16,414
40,560


Paraguay






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Estero Milagro 25,000
62,000
Lago Ypoá 100,000
250,000
Laguna Chaco Lodge 2,500
6,200
Laguna Teniente Rojas Silva 8,470
20,900
Río Negro 370,000
910,000
Tifunque 280,000
690,000


Peru





Paracas in Peru









































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bofedales y Laguna de Salinas 17,657
43,630
Complejo de humedales del Abanico del río Pastaza 3,827,329
9,457,540
Humedal Lucre - Huacarpay 1,979
4,890
Lake Titicaca 460,000
1,100,000
Laguna del Indio - Dique de los Españoles 502
1,240
Lagunas Las Arreviatadas 1,250
3,100
Manglares de San Pedro de Vice 3,399
8,400
Paracas National Reserve 335,000
830,000
Junín National Reserve 53,000
130,000
Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria 2,080,000
5,100,000
Lagunas de Mejía National Sanctuary 691
1,710
Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary 2,972
7,340
Zona Reservada Los Pantanos de Villa 263
650


Saint Lucia


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Mankòtè Mangrove 60
150
Savannes Bay 25
62


Suriname













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Coppenamemonding 12,000
30,000


Trinidad and Tobago























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Buccoo Reef / Bon Accord Lagoon Complex 1,287
3,180
Caroni Swamp 8,398
20,750
Nariva Swamp 6,234
15,400


Uruguay























Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Bañados del Este y Franja Costera 407,408
1,006,730
Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay 17,495
43,230
Laguna de Rocha 10,933
27,020


Venezuela

































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Archipielago Los Roques 213,220
526,900
Ciénaga de Los Olivitos 26,000
64,000
Cuare 9,968
24,630
Laguna de la Restinga 5,248
12,970
Laguna de Tacarigua 9,200
23,000


North America



Canada





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

































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Baie de l'Isle-Verte 2,215
5,470
Beaverhill Lake 18,050
44,600
Cap Tourmente 2,398
5,930
Chignecto 1,020
2,500
Columbia Wetlands 15,070
37,200
Creston Valley 6,970
17,200
Delta Marsh 23,000
57,000
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary 815,900
2,016,000

Fraser River Delta
20,682
51,110
Grand Codroy Estuary 925
2,290
Hay-Zama Lakes 50,000
120,000
Lac Saint Pierre 11,952
29,530
Lac Saint-François 2,310
5,700
Last Mountain Lake 15,602
38,550
Long Point 13,730
33,900
Malpeque Bay 24,440
60,400
Mary's Point 1,200
3,000
Matchedash Bay 1,840
4,500
McConnell River 32,800
81,000
Mer Bleue Conservation Area 3,447
8,520
Minesing Swamp 6,000
15,000
Musquodoboit Harbour 1,925
4,760
Oak Hammock Marsh 3,600
8,900
Old Crow Flats 617,000
1,520,000
Peace-Athabasca Delta 321,300
794,000
Point Pelee 1,564
3,860
Polar Bear Pass 262,400
648,000
Polar Bear Provincial Park 2,408,700
5,952,000
Queen Maud Gulf 6,278,200
15,514,000
Quill Lakes 63,500
157,000
Rasmussen Lowlands 300,000
740,000
Shepody Bay 12,200
30,000

Southern Bight-Minas Basin
26,800
66,000
Southern James Bay 25,290
62,500
St. Clair 244
600
Tabusintac Lagoon and River Estuary 4,997
12,350
Whooping Crane Summer Range 1,689,500
4,175,000


Mexico















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Agua Dulce 39
96
Anillo de Cenotes 891
2,200
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Cuatrociénegas 84,347
208,430
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Laguna de Términos 705,016
1,742,130
Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Yum Balam 154,052
380,670
Área Natural Protegida Estatal Presa de Silva y Zonas Aledañas 3,934
9,720
Áreas de Protección de Flora y Fauna de Nahá y Metzabok 7,216
17,830
Arroyos y Manantiales de Tanchachín 1,174
2,900
Bahía de San Quintín 5,438
13,440
Bala'an K'aax 131,610
325,200
Balandra 449
1,110
Baño de San Ignacio 4,225
10,440
Canal del Infiernillo y esteros del territorio Comcaac 29,700
73,000
Cascadas de Texolo y su entorno 500
1,200
Ciénaga de Tamasopo 1,364
3,370
Ciénegas de Lerma 3,023
7,470
Complejo Lagunar Bahía Guásimas - Estero Lobos 135,198
334,080
Corredor Costero La Asamblea-San Francisquito 44,304
109,480
Cuencas y corales de la zona costera de Huatulco 44,400
110,000
Dzilam 61,707
152,480
Ecosistema Ajos-Bavispe, zona de influencia Cuenca Río San Pedro 182,623
451,270
Ecosistema Arroyo Verde APFF Sierra de Álamos Río Cuchujaqui 174
430
El Jagüey, Buenavista de Peñuelas 35
86
Ensenada de Pabellones 40,639
100,420
Estero de Punta Banda 2,393
5,910
Estero El Chorro 267
660
Estero El Soldado 350
860
Estero La Manzanilla 264
650
Estero Majahuas 786
1,940
Humedal de Importancia Especialmente para la Conservación de Aves Acuáticas Reserva Ría Lagartos 60,348
149,120
Humedal La Sierra de Guadalupe 348,087
860,140
Humedal Los Comondú 460,959
1,139,050
Humedales de Bahía Adair 42,430
104,800
Humedales de Bahía San Jorge 12,198
30,140
Humedales de Guachochi 57.52
142.1
Humedales de la Laguna La Cruz 6,665
16,470
Humedales de la Laguna La Popotera 1,975
4,880
Humedales de Montaña La Kisst 36
89
Humedales de Montaña María Eugenia 86
210
Humedales de Yavaros-Moroncarit 13,627
33,670
Humedales del Delta del Río Colorado 250,000
620,000
Humedales del Lago de Pátzcuaro
707
1,750
Humedales La Libertad 5,432
13,420
Humedales Mogote - Ensenada La Paz 9,184
22,690
Isla Rasa 66
160
Isla San Pedro Mártir 30,165
74,540
Islas Marietas 1,357
3,350
La Alberca de los Espinos 33
82
La Mancha y El Llano 1,414
3,490
La Mintzita 57
140
La Tovara 5,733
14,170
Lago de Chapala 114,659
283,330
Lago de San Juan de los Ahorcados 1,099
2,720
Laguna Barra de Navidad 794
1,960
Laguna Chalacatepec 1,093
2,700
Laguna Costera El Caimán 1,125
2,780
Laguna de Atotonilco 2,850
7,000
Laguna de Babícora 26,045
64,360
Laguna de Chichankanab 1,999
4,940
Laguna de Cuyutlán vasos III y IV 4,051
10,010
Laguna de Hueyapan 276
680
Laguna de Metztitlán 2,937
7,260
Laguna de Santiaguillo 24,016
59,340
Laguna de Sayula 16,800
42,000
Laguna de Tamiahua 88,000
220,000
Laguna de Tecocomulco 1,769
4,370
Laguna de Yuriria 15,020
37,100
Laguna de Zacapu 40
99
Laguna de Zapotlán 1,496
3,700

Laguna Hanson, Parque Nacional Constitución de 1857
510
1,300
Laguna Huizache Caimanero 48,283
119,310
Laguna La Juanota 232
570
Laguna Madre 307,894
760,820
Laguna Ojo de Liebre 36,600
90,000
Laguna Playa Colorada-Santa María La Reforma 53,140
131,300
Laguna San Ignacio 17,500
43,000
Laguna Xola-Paramán 775
1,920
Lagunas de Chacahua 17,424
43,060
Lagunas de Santa María-Topolobampo-Ohuira 22,500
56,000
Manantiales Geotermales de Julimes 368
910
Manglares de Nichupté 4,257
10,520
Manglares y humedales de la Laguna de Sontecomapan
8,921
22,040
Manglares y humedales de Tuxpan 6,870
17,000
Manglares y Humedales del Norte de Isla Cozumel
32,786
81,020
Marismas Nacionales 200,000
490,000
Oasis de la Sierra El Pilar 180,803
446,770
Oasis Sierra de La Giganta 41,181
101,760
Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh 5,367
13,260
Parque Estatal Cañón de Fernández 17,002
42,010
Parque Estatal Lagunas de Yalahau 5,683
14,040
Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes 334,113
825,610
Parque Nacional Arrecife de Puerto Morelos 9,066
22,400
Parque Nacional Arrecife de Cozumel 11,987
29,620
Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak 17,949
44,350
Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto 206,581
510,470
Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo 7,100
18,000
Parque Nacional Cañón del Sumidero 21,789
53,840
Parque Nacional Isla Contoy 5,126
12,670
Parque Nacional Isla Isabel 94
230
Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello 6,022
14,880
Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano 52,238
129,080
Playa Barra de la Cruz 18
44
Playa de Colola 287
710
Playa de Maruata 80
200
Playa Tortuguera Cahuitán 65
160
Playa Tortuguera Chenkán 121
300
Playa Tortuguera El Verde Camacho 6,454
15,950
Playa Tortuguera Rancho Nuevo 30
74
Playa Tortuguera Tierra Colorada 54
130
Playa Tortuguera X'cacel-X'cacelito 362
890
Playón Mexiquillo 67
170
Presa de Atlangatepec 1,200
3,000
Presa Jalpan 68
170
Presa La Vega 1,950
4,800
Presa Manuel Ávila Camacho 23,612
58,350
Reserva de la Biosfera Archipiélago de Revillagigedo 636,685
1,573,280
Reserva de la Biosfera Banco Chinchorro 144,360
356,700
Reserva de la Biosfera Chamela-Cuixmala 13,142
32,470
Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada 144,868
357,980
Reserva de la Biosfera Los Petenes 282,857
698,950
Reserva de la Biosfera Pantanos de Centla 302,706
748,000
Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún 81,482
201,350
Reserva Estatal El Palmar 50,177
123,990
Rio Sabinas 603,123
1,490,350
Río San Pedro-Meoqui 374
920
Santuario Playa Boca de Apiza - El Chupadero - El Tecuanillo 40
99
Sian Ka'an 652,193
1,611,600
Sistema de Humedales Remanentes del Delta del Río Colorado 127,614
315,340
Sistema de Lagunas Interdunarias de la Ciudad de Veracruz 141
350
Sistema de Represas y Corredores biológicos de la Cuenca Hidrográfica del Río Necaxa 1,541
3,810
Sistema Estuarino Boca del Cielo 8,931
22,070
Sistema Estuarino Puerto Arista 62,138
153,550
Sistema Lacustre Ejidos de Xochimilco y San Gregorio Atlapulco 2,657
6,570
Sistema Lagunar Agiabampo - Bacorehuis - Río Fuerte Antiguo 90,804
224,380
Sistema Lagunar Alvarado 267,010
659,800
Sistema Lagunar Ceuta 1,497
3,700
Sistema Lagunar Estuarino Agua Dulce - El Ermitaño 1,281
3,170
Sistema Lagunar San Ignacio - Navachiste - Macapule 79,873
197,370
Sistema Ripario de la Cuenca y Estero de San José del Cabo 124,219
306,950
Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica Cabildo - Amatal 2,832
7,000
Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica El Gancho - Murillo 4,643
11,470
Zona Sujeta a Conservación Ecológica Sistema Lagunar Catazajá 41,059
101,460


United States of America












































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 9,509
23,500
Bolinas Lagoon 445
1,100
Cache River - Cypress Creek Wetlands 24,281
60,000

Cache-Lower White Rivers
99,166
245,040
Caddo Lake 7,977
19,710
Catahoula Lake 12,150
30,000
Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex 45,000
110,000
Cheyenne Bottoms 10,978
27,130

Chiwaukee Illinois Beach Lake Plain
1,584
3,910
Congaree National Park 10,539
26,040
Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex 6,484
16,020
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 5,261
13,000
Delaware Bay Estuary 51,252
126,650

Door Peninsula Coastal Wetlands
4,630.77
11,442.9
Edwin B Forsythe NWR 18,800
46,000
Elkhorn Slough 724
1,790
Everglades National Park 610,497
1,508,570
Francis Beidler Forest 6,438
15,910
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area 65,000
160,000
Horicon Marsh 13,355
33,000
Humbug Marsh 188
460
Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge 168,433
416,210

Kakagon and Bad River Sloughs
4,355
10,760

Kawainui and Hamakua Marsh Complex
414
1,020
Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetland Complex 1,576
3,890
Missisquoi Delta and Bay Wetlands 3,102
7,670
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 162,635
401,880
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 204,127
504,410
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge 2,203
5,440
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge 8,958
22,140
Roswell Artesian Wetlands 917
2,270

San Francisco Bay Estuary
158,711
392,180
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge 8,700
21,000
Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes 1,117
2,760
The Emiquon Complex 5,729
14,160
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve 1,021
2,520
Tomales Bay 2,850
7,000
Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetland 122,357
302,350
Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park
21
52


Oceania



Australia



















































































































































































































































































































































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Apsley Marshes 865
2,140
Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve 58,300
144,000
Banrock Station Wetland Complex 1,375
3,400
Barmah Forest 28,515
70,460
Becher Point Wetlands 677
1,670
Blue Lake 338
840
Bool and Hacks Lagoons 3,200
7,900
Bowling Green Bay 35,500
88,000

Cape Barren Island, east coast lagoons
4,473
11,050
Cobourg Peninsula 220,700
545,000
Coongie Lakes 2,178,952
5,384,310
Coral Sea Reserves 1,728,920
4,272,300
Corner Inlet 67,186
166,020
Currawinya Lakes 151,300
374,000
Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands 261
640
Eighty-mile Beach 125,000
310,000
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve 187,726
463,880
Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps 689
1,700
Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes 754
1,860
Ginini Flats Subalpine Bog Complex 125
310
Gippsland Lakes 60,015
148,300

Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site
22,289
55,080
Great Sandy Strait 93,160
230,200
Gunbower Forest 19,931
49,250

Gwydir Wetlands: Gingham and Lower Gwydir Watercourses
823
2,030
Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes 955
2,360
Hosnie's Spring 202
500
Hunter Estuary Wetlands 3,388
8,370
Interlaken Lakeside Reserve 520
1,300
Jocks Lagoon 19
47
Kakadu National Park 1,979,766
4,892,110
Kerang Wetlands 9,419
23,270
Lake Albacutya 5,731
14,160
Lake Gore 4,017
9,930
Lake Pinaroo 719
1,780
Lake Warden system 2,300
5,700
Lakes Argyle and Kununurra 150,000
370,000
Lavinia Nature Reserve 7,020
17,300
Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve 258
640
Little Waterhouse Lake 56
140
Logan Lagoon 2,320
5,700
Lower Ringarooma River 4,160
10,300
Macquarie Marshes 19,850
49,100
Moreton Bay 113,314
280,000
Moulting Lagoon 4,507
11,140
Muir-Byenup System 10,631
26,270
Myall Lakes 44,612
110,240
Narran Lake Nature Reserve 5,531
13,670
NSW Central Murray State Forests 83,992
207,550
Ord River Floodplain 141,453
349,540
Paroo River Wetlands 138,304
341,760
Peel-Yalgorup system 26,530
65,600
Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands 862
2,130
Pittwater-Orielton Lagoon 3,175
7,850
Port Phillip Bay & Bellarine Peninsula 22,897
56,580
Pulu Keeling National Park 2,603
6,430
Riverland 30,640
75,700
Roebuck Bay 55,000
140,000

Shoalwater and Corio Bays
239,100
591,000
The Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert 142,530
352,200
The Dales, Christmas Island 580
1,400
Toolibin Lake 497
1,230
Towra Point 604
1,490
Vasse-Wonnerup system 1,115
2,760
Western District Lakes 32,898
81,290
Western Port 59,297
146,530


Fiji


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Qoliqoli Cokovata 134,900
333,000
Upper Navua Conservation Area 615
1,520


Kiribati













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Nooto-North Tarawa
1,033
2,550


Marshall Islands


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Jaluit Atoll Conservation Area 69,000
170,000
Namdrik Atoll 1,119
2,770


New Zealand






































Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Awarua Wetland 20,000
49,000
Farewell Spit 11,388
28,140
Firth of Thames 7,800
19,000
Kopuatai Peat Dome 10,201
25,210
Manawatu river mouth and estuary 200
490
Whangamarino 5,923
14,640


Palau













Name Area (ha) Area (acre)

Lake Ngardok Nature Reserve
500
1,200


Papua New Guinea


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Kutubu 4,924
12,170
Tonda Wildlife Management Area 590,000
1,500,000


Samoa


















Name Area (ha) Area (acre)
Lake Lanoto'o 470
1,200
O Le Pupū Puē National Park 5,019
12,400


See also




  • Ramsar Convention

  • List of Ramsar Convention contracting parties

  • Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type

  • Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award



References





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  2. ^ Ramsar Sites Database Archived 2008-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.


  3. ^ "Homepage - Ramsar".




External links



  • Ramsar List

  • Ramsar Sites Database









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