Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance

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Site listing by country

These data have been taken from the Ramsar Sites Database (http://www.wetlands.org/RSDB/default.htm).

A complete list can be found at www.ramsar.org/sitelist.pdf

Australia

Bool and Hacks Lagoons 25.3 km²

Belgium

Name Area (km²)
De IJzerbroeken te Diksmuide en Lo-Reninge 24
Kalmthoutse Heide 22
Vlaamse Banken 19
Zwin 5
Marais d'Harchies 5
Schorren van de Beneden Schelde 4.2

Benin

Name Area (km²)
Basse Vallée de l'Ouémé, Lagune de Porto-Novo, Lac Nokoué 916
Basse Vallée du Couffo, Lagune Côtiere, Chenal Aho, Lac Ahémé 475

Burkina Faso

Name Area (km²)
Parc National du W 2350
La Mare d'Oursi 450
La Mare aux hippopotames 192

Burundi

Name Area (km²)
Delta de la Rusizi de la Réserve Naturelle de la Rusizi et la partie nord de la zone littorale du lac Tanganyika 10

Canada

Name Area (km²)
Queen Maud Gulf 62782
Polar Bear Provincial Park 24087
Whooping Crane Summer Range 16895
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary 8159
Old Crow Flats 6170
Peace-Athabasca Delta 3213
Rasmussen Lowlands 3000
Polar Bear Pass 2624
Quill Lakes 635
Hay-Zama Lakes 500
McConnell River 328
Southern Bight-Minas Basin 268
Southern James Bay (Moose River & Hannah Bay) 253
Malpeque Bay 244
Delta Marsh 230
Beaverhill Lake 181
Last Mountain Lake 156
Long Point 137
Shepody Bay 122
Lac Saint-Pierre 120
Creston Valley 70
Minesing Swamp 60
Tabusintac Lagoon and River Estuary 50
Oak Hammock Marsh 36
Mer Bleue Conservation Area 33
Cap Tourmente 24
Lac Saint-François 23
Baie de l'Isle-Verte 22
Musquodoboit Harbour 19
Matchedash Bay 18
Point Pelee 16
Mary's Point 12
Chignecto 10
Grand Codroy Estuary 9
Alaksen 6
St. Clair 2

Chad

Name Area (km²)
Partie tchadienne du lac Tchad 16482
Lac Fitri 1950

Comoros

Name Area (km²)
Lake Dziani Boundouni 0.3

Côte d'Ivoire

Name Area (km²)
Parc national d'Azagny 194

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Name Area (km²)
Parc national des Virunga 8000
Parc national des Mangroves 660

Djibouti

Name Area (km²)
Haramous-Loyada 30

Equatorial Guinea

Name Area (km²)
Reserva Natural del Estuario del Muni 800
Río Ntem o Campo 330
Isla de Annobón 230

France

Name Area (km²)
La Brenne 1400
Marais De Kaw 1370
Etangs de la Champagne humide 1350
Camargue 850
Baie du Mont Saint-Michel 620
Basse-Mana 590
La Petite Camargue 370
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, Baie des Veys 325
Golfe du Morbihan 230
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin de la Guadeloupe 200
Grande Brière 190
Baie de Somme 170
Basses Vallées Angenvines 65
Lac de Grand-Lieu 63
Bassin du Drugeon 59
Lac du Bourget - Marais de Chautagne 55
Etangs du Lindre,Forêt du Romersberg et zones voisines 53
Etangs de la Petite Woëvre 53
Marais salants de Guérande et du Més 52
Marais du Fier d'Ars 45
Rives du Lac Léman 33
Etang de Biguglia 20

Gabon

Name Area (km²)
Petit Loango 4800
Wongha-Wonghé 3800
Setté Cama 2200

Germany

Name Area (km²)
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas 4549
Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart 1216
Ostseeboddengewässer Westrügen - Hiddensee - Zingst 258
Donauauen & Donaumoos 80
Elbauen, SchnackenburgLauenburg 75
Starnberger See 57

Guinea

Name Area (km²)
Niger-Niandan-Milo 10464
Niger-Mafou 10155
Sankarani-Fié 10152
Tinkisso 8960
Niger-Tinkisso 4006
Niger Source 1804
Konkouré 900
Iles Tristao 850
Rio Pongo 300
Rio Kapatchez 200
Ile Blanche 0.1
Ile Alcatraz 0.01

India

Name Area (km²)
Chilika Lake, Orissa 1165
Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan
Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir
Harike Lake, Punjab
Loktak Lake, Manipur
Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan
Kanjli, Punjab
Ropar, Punjab
Ashtamudi Wetland, Kerala
Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Orissa
Bhoj Wetland, Madhya Pradesh
Deepor Beel, Assam
East Calcutta Wetlands, West Bengal
Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh
Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu
Pong Dam Lake, Himachal Pradesh
Sasthamkotta Lake, Kerala
Tsomoriri, Jammu and Kashmir
Vembanad-Kol Wetland, Kerala

Italy

Name Area (km²)
Valli residue del comprensorio di Comacchio 135
Saline di Margherita di Savoia 39
Stagno di Cábras 36
Stagno di Cagliari (a.k.a. Santa Gilla) 35
Valle Bertuzzi 31
Stagno di Corru S'Ittiri, Stagni di San Giovanni e Marceddì 26
Palude della Diaccia Botrona 25
Pian di Spagna - Lago di Mezzola 17
Piallassa della Baiona e Risega 16
Lago di Sabaudia 15
Vendicari 15
Stagno di Molentargius 14
Laguna di Marano: Foci dello Stella 14
Valle Campotto e Bassarone 14
Valle di Gorino 13
Valli del Mincio 11
Torre Guaceto 9
Laguna di Orbetello 9
Bacino dell'Angitola 9
Saline di Cervia 8
Stagno di Mistras 7
Le Cesine 6
Palude di Bolgheri 5
Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto 5
Punte Alberete 4.8
Palude Brabbia 4.6
Ortazzo e Ortazzino 4.4
Lago di Burano 4.1
Lago di Fogliano 4.0
Stagno di Sale Porcus 3.3
Torbiere d'Iseo 3.3
Lago di Barrea 3.0
Stagno di Pauli Maiori 2.9
Lago di Nazzano 2.7
Valle Santa 2.6
Biviere di Gela 2.6
Valle Cavanata 2.4
Lago di Caprolace 2.3
Stagno di S'Ena Arrubia 2.2
Sacca di Bellocchio 2.2
Isola Boscone 2.0
Palude di Colfiorito 1.6
Palude di Ostiglia 1.2
Vincheto di Cellarda 1.0
Lago dei Monaci 0.9
Lago di Tovel 0.4

Kenya

Name Area (km²)
Lake Baringo
Lake Bogoria
Lake Naivasha
Lake Nakuru

Luxembourg

Name Area (km²)
Haff Réimech 3.1

Madagascar

Name Area (km²)
Le Lac Alaotra: les zones humides et basin 7225
Lac Tsimanampetsotsa 456
Complexe des lacs de Manambolomaty 75

Malaysia

Name Area (km²)
Tanjung Piai in Johor Template:Coor dm 5
Kukup Island in Johor Template:Coor dm 6
Pulai River in Johor Template:Coor dm. 91
Tasik Bera in Pahang 311

Mali

Name Area (km²)
Delta Intérieur du Niger 41195

Monaco

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

Niger

Name Area (km²)
Lac Tchad 3404
Parc national du "W" 2200
Zone humide du moyen Niger 881
Complexe Kokorou-Namga 668

Nigeria

Name Area (km²)
Nguru Lake (and Marma Channel) complex 581

Republic of the Congo

Name Area (km²)
La Réserve Communautaire du Lac Télé/Likouala-aux-Herbes 4390

Senegal

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

Switzerland

Name Area (km²)
Le Rhône genevois-Vallons de l'Allondon et de La Laire 20
Rive sud du lac de Neuchâtel 17
Fanel et Chablais de Cudrefin 12
Bolle di Magadino 7
Klingnauer Stausee 3.6
Les Grangettes 3.3
Niederried Stausee 3.0
Kaltbrunner Riet 1.5

Tanzania

Name Area (km²)
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
Lake Natron basin
Malagarasi-Mulovoyi wetlands

Togo

Name Area (km²)
Parc national de la Keran 1634
Reserve de faune de Togodo 310

Ukraine

Name Area (km²)
Central Syvash 800
Eastern Syvash 1650
Kyliiske Mouth 328
Northern Part of the Dniester Liman 200

United States

Name Area (km²)
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Bolinas Lagoon, California
Cache River - Cypress Creek Wetlands
Cache-Lower White Rivers
Caddo Lake
Catahoula Lake
Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Complex
Cheyenne Bottoms
Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex
Delaware Bay Estuary
Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Everglades National Park
Horicon Marsh
Izembek Lagoon National Wildlife Refuge
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Tomales Bay, California

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