Ramsar site

Ramsar sites are wetland wildlife conservation areas nominated by states parties to the convention signed at Ramsar, Iran in 1971.

Shape Files

The secretariat of the convention, [1] has confirmed that GIS shape files of Ramsar sites are in the public domain: osm-talk.

Shapefiles are available at [2] (registration required) for the following European countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland.

Datasets for other countries are visible on the Wetlands International site, but have not been made available for download. In some cases, e.g., the United Kingdom, this is likely to be for copyright reasons. Shapefiles are prepared by the countries themselves, so they may vary in the format of the shp-file (UTM, GEO,...)

Tagging

The precise tagging of the wide range of different categories of sites for nature conservation has not been worked out in any detail. Therefore this is only a tentative suggestion of how to tag Ramsar sites.

Sites should be tagged leisure=nature_reserve, and possibly landuse=conservation (see Proposed features/conservation), with an additional ramsar=yes. Care should be taken to not cause conflict with existing tags of a similar nature. Many Ramsar sites may contain explicit nature reserves (owned by conservation bodies) with different boundaries to the Ramsar site.

In addition Ramsar sites may be covered by other conservation categories, such as SSSI status in Great Britain, and SAC and SPAs in the European Union. A good example of this is Rutland Water, where the western shore is a nature reserve operated by the local Wildlife Trust and Anglian Water, and the whole reservoir is an SSSI, an SPA, and a Ramsar site.

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda

• Codrington Lagoon Map Map

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bardača Map Map
• Hutovo Blato Map Map
• Livanjsko Polje Map Map

Bulgaria

• Srebarna Nature Reserve Map Map

Croatia

• Lonjsko Polje Map Map

Cyprus

• Larnaca salt lake Map Map

Hungary

• Bodrogzug Map Map
• Felsö-Tisza Map Map
• Hortobágy Map Map
• Ipoly-völgy Map Map

Iceland

• Grunnafjördur Map Map
• Thjórsárver Map Map
• Mývatn-Laxá Map Map

India

No	Name	Location	Designated	Area (km2)
1	Kolleru Lake	Andhra Pradesh	19 August 2002	901
2	Deepor Beel	Assam	19 August 2002	40
3	Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake	Bihar	21 July 2020	26.2
4	Nanda Lake	Goa	8 June 2022	0.42
5	Thol Lake	Gujarat	05 April 2021	6.99
6	Wadhvana Wetland	Gujarat	05 April 2021	6.3
7	Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary	Gujarat	13 April 2021	5.12
8	Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary	Gujarat	24 September 2012	120
9	Sultanpur National Park	Haryana	25 May 2021	1.43
10	Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary	Haryana	25 May 2021	4.11
11	Pong Dam Lake	Himachal Pradesh	19 August 2002	156.62
12	Chandra Taal	Himachal Pradesh	8 November 2005	0.49
13	Renuka Lake	Himachal Pradesh	8 November 2005	0.2
14	/Ashtamudi Wetland	Kerala	18 August 2002	61.4
15	Loktak Lake	Manipur	23 March 1990	266
16	East Kolkata Wetlands	West Bengal	19 August 2002	125
17	Nandur Madhameshwar	Maharashtra	21 June 2019	14
18	Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary	Punjab	26 September 2019	1.16
19	Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh	19 September 2019	2.25
20	Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh	2 December 2019	7.22
21	Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	19 August 2002	385
22	Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve	Punjab	26 September 2019	3.44
23	Keoladeo National Park	Rajasthan	1 October 1985	28.73
24	Ropar Wetland	Punjab	22 January 2002	13.65
25	Rudrasagar Lake	Tripura	8 November 2005	2.4
26	Saman Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh	2 December 2019	5.26
27	Samaspur Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh	3 October 2019	8
28	Sambhar Lake	Rajasthan	23 March 1990	240
29	Sandi Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh	26 September 2019	3
30	Sarsai Nawar Jheel	Uttar Pradesh	19 September 2019	1.61
31	/Sasthamkotta Lake	Kerala	19 August 2002	3.73
32	Haiderpur Wetland	Uttar Pradesh	13 April 2021	69.08
33	Sundarban Wetland	West Bengal	30 January 2019	4230
34	Surinsar-Mansar Lakes	Jammu and Kashmir	8 November 2005	3.5
35	Tsomoriri	Ladakh	19 August 2002	120
36	Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch)	Uttar Pradesh	8 November 2005	265.9
37	/Vembanad-Kol Wetland	Kerala	19 August 2002	1512.5
38	Wular Lake	Jammu and Kashmir	23 March 1990	189
39	Asan Barrage	Uttarakhand	21 July 2020	4.44
40	Bhitarkanika Mangroves	Odisha	19 August 2002	650
41	Sur Sarovar	Uttar Pradesh	21 August 2020	4.31
42	Lonar Lake	Maharashtra	22 July 2020	4.27
43	Tso Kar	Ladakh	17 November 2020	95.77
44	Hokera Wetland	Jammu and Kashmir	8 November 2005	13.75
45	Kanjli Wetland	Punjab	22 January 2002	1.83
46	Chilika Lake	Odisha	1 October 1981	1165
47	Beas Conservation Reserve	Punjab	26 September 2019	64
48	Bakhira Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh	29 June 2021	28.94
49	Harike Wetland	Punjab	23 March 1990	41
50	Karikili Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.58
51	Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	12.48
52	Pichavaram Mangrove Forest	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	14.79
53	Pala Wetland	Mizoram	31 August 2021	18.5
54	Sakhya Sagar	Madhya Pradesh	7 January 2022	2.48
55	Satkosia Gorge	Odisha	12 October 2021	982
56	Bhoj Wetland	Sohit Sanwal	9 August 2002	32
57	Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	527
58	Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary	Karnataka	15 February 2022	5.18
59	Vembannur Wetland Complex	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.2
60	Vellode Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.77
61	Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.44
62	Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.4
63	Sirpur Lake	Madhya Pradesh	7 January 2022	1.61
64	Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 November 2021	0.72
65	Tampara Lake	Odisha	12 October 2021	3
66	Hirakud Reservoir	Odisha	12 October 2021	743
67	Ansupa Lake	Odisha	12 October 2021	2.31
68	Yashwant Sagar	Madhya Pradesh	7 January 2022	8.229
69	Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 November 2021	2.6047
70	Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.9423
71	Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	1.1264
72	Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	8 April 2022	0.9689
73	Thane Creek	Maharashtra	13 April 2022	65.2108
74	Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve	Jammu and Kashmir	8 June 2022	8.0182
75	Shallabugh Wetland Conservation Reserve	Jammu and Kashmir	8 June 2022	16.75
76	Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve	Karnataka	31 January 2024	0.9876
77	Aghanashini Estuary	Karnataka	31 January 2024	48.01
78	Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve	Karnataka	31 January 2024	0.5438
79	Karaivetti Bird sanctuary	Tamil Nadu	31 January 2024	4.5372
80	Longwood Shola Reserve Forest	Tamil Nadu	31 January 2024	1.16007

Japan

• Yatsu-higata (谷津干潟) Map Map

Mexico

Site number	Code	Name	Designation date	Map
0332	MEX-001	Humedal de Importancia Especialmente para la Conservación de Aves Acuáticas Reserva Ría Lagartos	04-07-1986	map map
1322	MEX-010	Laguna de Tecocomulco	27-11-2003	Map Map
1323	MEX-011	Parque Nacional Isla Contoy	27-11-2003	Map Map
1324	MEX-012	Parque Nacional Isla Isabel	27-11-2003	Map Map
1326	MEX-014	Playa Tortuguera Rancho Nuevo	27-11-2003	Map Map
1327	MEX-015	Playa Tortuguera Tierra Colorada	27-11-2003	Map Map
1338	MEX-025	Laguna de Sayula	02-02-2004	Map Map
1345	MEX-032	Islas Marietas	02-02-2004	Map Map
1357	MEX-044	Reserva de la Biosfera Archipiélago de Revillagigedo	02-02-2004	Map Map
1359	MEX-046	Isla San Pedro Mártir	02-02-2004	Map Map
1603	MEX-063	Isla Rasa	02-02-2006	Map Map
1791	MEX-091	Estero El Chorro	02-02-2008	Map Map

Portugal

• Fajã dos Cubres (Azores) Map Map

Spain

• List of Ramsar sites in Spain

Turkey

• Akyatan Lagoon Map Map
• Gediz Delta Map Map
• Göksu Delta Map Map
• Kuş Gölü Map Map
• Kizören Obrouk Map Map
• Kuş Gölü Map Map
• Lake Burdur Map Map
• Lake Seyfe Map Map
• Meke Maar Map Map
• Sultan Marshes Map Map
• Uluabat Gölü Map Map
• Yumurtalik Lagoons Map Map
• Lake Kuyucuk Map Map

Links

• Ramsar