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This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe is the largest Wetland of International Importance in the world as recognized by the Ramsar Convention. [fn 1] The site covers an area of 65,696 square kilometres (25,365 sq mi) in the region around Lake Tumba in the western Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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 ...
This list of Ramsar sites in South Africa are wetland environs that are considered to be of international importance, and protected under the Ramsar Convention. As of 2024, South Africa has 30 such sites covering 574 028 hectares. [1] [2] For a complete list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.
Harike Wetland is a Ramsar site in India Map of Ramsar sites Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau Walkway in Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [1] also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, under ...
Ramsar logo Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of wetlands in Australia that are designated by the Ramsar Convention as sites of international importance. Under the convention, the wetlands are considered as being of significant value not only for the Australian ...
It is a wetland of international significance as one of seven Ramsar sites in New Zealand. At approximately 250 hectares (620 acres), [2] the Manawatū Estuary is the largest estuary in the lower North Island. [3] A total of 93 different bird species have been identified at the estuary. In 2005 the estuary attained Ramsar status. [4]
The national park contains and is named after Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, an important wetland which is registered as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance, designated in 1998. [9] In the 1930s Henri Perrier de la Bâthie discovered subfossil remains of many different species, including giant tortoise, crocodiles and eggshell fragments of ...