- Source: List of Ramsar sites in Russia
Ramsar sites are natural locations under the protection of the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. As of March 2013 there were 35 Ramsar sites in Russia, totalling an area of 103,237.67 km2.
The first Russian sites registered in the Ramsar Convention, on 11 October 1976 (during the Soviet era), were Kandalaksha Bay Lake Khanka and the Volga River delta.
List of Ramsar sites in Russia
Classification codes for Ramsar wetland types
Ramsar classification codes are listed for each site in descending order of area cover at the site.
See also
Ramsar Convention
List of Ramsar sites worldwide
References
External links
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
United States National Ramsar Committee