List of Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance

Ramsar sites are protected under by the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural, scientific, and recreational value. The convention establishes that "wetlands should be selected for the list on account of their international significance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology." Over the years, the Conference of the Contracting Parties has adopted more specific criteria interpreting the convention text.^[1]

The Ramsar List organizes the Ramsar sites according to the contracting party that designated each to the list. Contracting parties are grouped into six "regions": Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania.^[2] As of October 2024^[update], 171 states have acceded to the convention and designated 2,521 sites to the list, covering 257,317,367 hectares (635,845,060 acres); one other state has acceded to the convention but has yet to designate any sites. The complete list of the wetlands is accessible on the Ramsar Sites Information Service website.^[3]

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Basse Vallée de l'Ouémé, Porto-Novo Lagoon, Lake Nokoué	652,760	1,613,000
Basse Vallée du Couffo, Lagune Côtiere, Chenal Aho, Lac Ahémé	524,289	1,295,550
Site Ramsar du Complexe W	895,480	2,212,800
Zone Humide de la Rivière Pendjari	144,774	357,740

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Okavango Delta System	5,537,400	13,683,000

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 Samandéni	68,202	168,530
Barrage de Tougouri	1,221	3,020
Barrage de Yalgo	4,522	11,170
Bassin du Nakanbé-Mané	19,477	48,130
Complexe du Parc Urbain Bãngr – Weoogo et du lac des trois barrages	945	2,340
Complexe d'Aires Protégées Pô-Nazinga-Sissili	301,972.6	746,191
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
Mare de Darkoye	1,716	4,240
Mare de Yomboli	834.5	2,062
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

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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Les Rivières de Mbaéré-Bodingué	101,300	250,000
Riviere Sangha située en République Centrafricaine	275,000	680,000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 la Baie d'Ambaro	54,000	130,000
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

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

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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Aguelmams Sidi Ali - Tifounassine	600	1,500
Archipel et dunes d'Essawira	4,000	9,900
Assif Mgoun	1,400	3,500
Assifs Ahançal-Melloul	1,385	3,420
Assifs Réghaya-Aït Mizane	830	2,100
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
Cap Ghir-Imsouane	6,800	17,000
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
Côte Aftissate-Boujdour	11,700	29,000
Côte des Bokkoyas	5,530	13,700
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
Haut Oued Lakhdar	2,200	5,400
Lac d'Afennourir	800	2,000
Lacs d'Imouzzer du Kandar	512	1,270
Lacs Isly-Tislite	800	2,000
Lagune et barrage de Smir	837	2,070
Littoral de Jebel Moussa	500	1,200
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
Oued Assaquia Al Hamra à La'youne	9,500	23,000
Oued Tizguite	606	1,500
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

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

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

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 de Guidimouni	338.4	836
Lac de Madarounfa	524.3	1,296
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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Ado-Awaye (Iyake) Suspended Lake Wetland	165.3	408
Apoi Creek Forests	29,213	72,190
Baturiya Wetland	101,095	249,810
Dagona Sanctuary Lake	344	850
Foge Islands	4,229	10,450
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)	53	130
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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Kalissaye	30,014	74,170
Parc National de la Langue de Barbarie	2,000	4,900
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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Barberspan	3,118	7,700
Berg Estuary Ramsar Site	1,162.8	2,873
Blesbokspruit	1,858	4,590
Bot - Kleinmond Estuarine System	1,350	3,300
Dassen Island Nature Reserve	737	1,820
De Berg Nature Reserve	1,265.4	3,127
De Hoop Vlei	750	1,900
De Mond	918	2,270
Dyer Island Provincial Nature Reserve and Geyser Island Provincial Nature Reserve	288	710
False Bay Nature Reserve	1,542	3,810
Ingula Nature Reserve	8,084	19,980
Kgaswane Mountain Reserve	4,952.4	12,238
Kosi Bay	10,982	27,140
Lake Sibaya	7,750	19,200
Langebaan	6,000	15,000
Makuleke Wetlands	7,757	19,170
Middelpunt Nature Reserve	510.3	1,261
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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Dinder National Park	1,084,600	2,680,000
Dongonab Bay-Marsa Waiai	280,000	690,000
Khor Abu Habil Inner Delta	946,409	2,338,630
Suakin-Gulf of Agig	1,125,000	2,780,000

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

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
Garâa Sejenane	4,322	10,680
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Anhui Shengjin Lake National Nature Reserve	33,340	82,400
Beijing Yeya Lake Wetlands	4,007.8	9,903
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 Minjiang River Estuary Wetlands	2,100	5,200
Fujian Zhangjiangkou National Mangrove Nature Reserve	2,358	5,830
Gansu Dunhuang Xihu Wetlands	192,287	475,150
Gansu Gahai Wetlands Nature Reserve	247,431	611,420
Gansu Yanchiwan Wetlands	29,876.2	73,826
Gansu Yellow River Shouqu Wetlands	132,067	326,340
Guangdong Guangzhou Haizhu Wetlands	751.4	1,857
Guangdong Haifeng Wetlands	11,591	28,640
Guangdong Nanpeng Archipelago Wetlands	35,679	88,160
Guangdong Shenzhen Futian Mangrove Wetlands	367.6	908
Guangxi Beihai Jinhaiwan Mangrove Wetlands	1,357.8	3,355
Guangxi Beilun Estuary National Nature Reserve	3,000	7,400
Guangxi Guilin Huixian Karst Wetlands	586.8	1,450
Hangzhou Xixi Wetlands	325	800
Heilongjiang Grand Khingan Jiuqushibawan Wetlands	4,929	12,180
Heilongjiang Grand Khingan Shuangheyuan Wetlands	8,712	21,530
Heilongjiang Hadong Yanjiang Wetlands	9,973.6	24,645
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
Henan Minquan Yellow River Gudao Wetlands	2,303.5	5,692
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 Gong'an Chong Lake Wetlands	1,259.7	3,113
Hubei Honghu Wetlands	43,450	107,400
Hubei Wang Lake	20,495	50,640
Hubei Xiantao Sha Lake Wetlands	2,167.4	5,356
Huidong Harbor Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve	400	990
Hunan Chongling Wetlands	2,401.7	5,935
Hunan Maoli Lake Wetlands	4,776	11,800
Inner Mongolia Bila River Wetlands	56,604	139,870
Inner Mongolia Grand Khingan Hanma Wetlands	107,348	265,260
Jiangsu Huai'an Baima Lake Wetlands	2,796.1	6,909
Jiangxi Poyang Lake Nanji Wetlands	33,300	82,000
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
Qinghai Longbaotan Wetlands	9,529	23,550
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
Sichuan Seda Nilaba Wetlands	60,760	150,100
Tianjin Beidagang Wetlands	1,130	2,800
Tibet Selincuo Wetlands	1,893,630	4,679,300
Tibet Trari Nam Co Wetlands	142,982	353,320
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
Yunnan Huize Nianhu Wetlands	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
Zhejiang Pingyang Nanji Islands Wetlands	19,892.9	49,156

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Aghanashini Estuary	4,801	11,860
Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve	98.8	244
Ansupa Lake	231	570
Asan Conservation Reserve	444.4	1,098
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
Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary	2,894	7,150
Beas Conservation Reserve	6,428.9	15,886
Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary	412	1,020
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
Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary	260.5	644
Deepor Beel Assam	4,000	9,900
East Calcutta Wetlands	12,500	31,000
Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve	52,671.9	130,155
Haiderpur Wetland	6,908	17,070
Harike Wetland	4,100	10,000
Hirakud Reservoir	65,400	162,000
Hokera Wetland Located at the northwest Himalayan biogeopgraphic province of Kashmir, near the snow-draped Pir Panjal.	1,375	3,400
Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve	801.8	1,981
Kabartal Wetland	2,620	6,500
Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary	96.9	239
Kanjli Wetland	183	450
Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary	453.7	1,121
Karikili Bird Sanctuary	58.4	144
Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary	5,151.6	12,730
Keoladeo National Park	2,873	7,100
Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve	343.9	850
Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary	511.7	1,264
Kolleru Lake	90,100	223,000
Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary	72	180
Loktak Lake	26,600	66,000
Lonar Lake	427	1,060
Longwood Shola Reserve Forest	116	290
Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve	54.4	134
Nagi Bird Sanctuary	205.8	509
Nakti Bird Sanctuary	332.6	822
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary	12,000	30,000
Nanda Lake	42	100
Nandur Madhameshwar	1,437	3,550
Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary	116	290
Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary	125.9	311
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary	224.6	555
Pala Wetland	1,850	4,600
Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest	1,247.5	3,083
Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary	722	1,780
Pichavaram Mangrove	1,478.6	3,654
Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary	38,500	95,000
Pong Dam Lake	15,662	38,700
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary	517.7	1,279
Renuka Lake	20	49
Ropar Wetland	1,365	3,370
Rudrasagar Lake	240	590
Sakhya Sagar	248	610
Saman Bird Sanctuary	526.3	1,301
Samaspur Bird Sanctuary	799.4	1,975
Sambhar Lake	24,000	59,000
Sandi Bird Sanctuary	308.5	762
Sarsai Nawar Jheel	161.3	399
Sasthamkotta Lake	373	920
Satkosia Gorge	98,196.7	242,649
Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve	1,675	4,140
Sirpur Wetland	161	400
Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex	94.2	233
Sultanpur National Park	142.5	352
Sundarban Wetland	423,000	1,050,000
Sur Sarovar	431	1,070
Surinsar-Mansar Lakes	350	860
Tampara Lake	300	740
Tawa Reservoir	20,050	49,500
Thane Creek	6,521.1	16,114
Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary	699	1,730
Tso Kar Wetland Complex	9,577	23,670
Tsomoriri	12,000	30,000
Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary	43.8	108
Upper Ganga River	26,590	65,700
Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary	112.6	278
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary	40.3	100
Vellode Bird Sanctuary	77.2	191
Vembanad-Kol Wetland	151,250	373,700
Vembannur Wetland Complex	19.7	49
Wadhvana Wetland	630	1,600
Wular Lake	18,900	47,000
Yashwant Sagar	822.9	2,033

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Berbak	162,700	402,000
Danau Sentarum	80,000	200,000
Menipo Nature Recreational Park	2,449.5	6,053
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

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

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

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

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
Izumi Wintering Habitat of Cranes	478	1,180
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Gulf of Mottama	161,030	397,900
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
Nanthar Island and Mayyu Estuary	3,608	8,920
Pyu Lake	234	580

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Al Ansab Wetland	54	130
Qurm Nature Reserve	106.83	264.0
Wetlands Reserve in Al Wusta Governorate	213,714.9	528,101

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

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
Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands	3,667.3	9,062
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park	96,828	239,270
Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area	89,607.8	221,426

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
Janghang Wetland	595.8	1,472
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
Mungyeong Doline Wetland	49.4	122
Odaesan National Park Wetlands	2	4.9
Pyeongdume Wetland	2.3	5.7
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

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

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

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

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
Lower Songkhram River	5,504.5	13,602
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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Al Wathba Wetland Reserve	500	1,200
Al-Zora Protected Area	195	480
Bul Syayeef	14,505	35,840
Hatta Mountain Reserve	2,100	5,200
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
Wasit Nature Reserve	86	210

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Aydar-Arnasay Lakes system	527,100	1,302,000
Lake Dengizkul	31,300	77,000
Sudochye lake system	84,000	210,000
Tudakul and Kuymazar Water Reservoirs	32,000	79,000

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

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

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

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

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

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
Lendspitz - Maiernigg	77.6	192
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

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

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

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

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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Crna Mlaka Fishponds	756	1,870
Lonjsko Polje Nature Park	51,218	126,560
Nature Park Kopacki rit	23,126.3	57,146
Neretva River Delta	12,742	31,490
Vransko Lake	5,748	14,200

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

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

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 Fejø and Femo Islands	41,826	103,350

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 Wetland Complex	27,450	67,800
Hiiumaa islets and Käina Bay	17,700	44,000
Laidevahe Nature Reserve	2,424	5,990
Leidissoo Nature Reserve	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

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

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Baie d'Audierne	2,396	5,920
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
Camargue	85,000	210,000
Estuaire du fleuve Sinnamary	28,400	70,000
Étang de Biguglia	1,790	4,400
Étang de Palo	212	520
Étang de Saint-Paul	485	1,200
Étang de Salses-Leucate	7,637	18,870
Étang des Salines	207	510
Étang d'Urbino	790	2,000
Étangs de la Champagne humide	255,800	632,000
Étangs de la Petite Woëvre	5,300	13,000
Étangs du Lindre, forêt du Romersberg et zones voisines	5,308	13,120
Étangs 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 Dombes	47,659	117,770
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
Le Pinail	923	2,280
Lagon de Moorea	5,000	12,000
Le Marais audomarois	3,726	9,210
Les étangs de Villepey	255	630
Les étangs 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 montagnes du Bugey	1,049.9	2,594
Marais et tourbières des vallées de la Somme et de l'Avre	13,100	32,000
Marais Poitevin	69,034	170,590
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
Tourbières et lacs de la Montagne jurassienne	12,156	30,040
Vallées de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut	27,622	68,260
Zones humides et marines de Saint-Martin	2,997	7,410

Name	Area (ha)	Area (acre)
Bugdasheni Lake	119.3	295
Ispani Mire	770	1,900
Madatapa Lake	1,398	3,450
Wetlands of Central Kolkheti	33,710	83,300

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
Ostseeboddengewässer 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
Rosenheim Basin Bogs	1,039.2	2,568
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

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

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

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

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

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
Posada River Mouth	736	1,820
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