List of Ramsar sites in Russia

Columns: Name | Location | Area ( km ) | Wetland Type ( s ) * | Other Des | Description
Lake Khanka | Primorsky Krai 45°17′N 132°32′E / 45.283°N 132.533°E / 45.283 ; 132.533 ( Lake Khanka ) Borders ( PP ) | 3,100 | O , Tp,1-9 , W , Xf ( PDF ) | IBA | Lake Khanka is the largest lake in the Lower Amur River region of the Russian Far East . The site is a cross-border area on the northeast border of China . On the Chinese side it is called Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve ; on the Russian side it is protected by the Khanka Nature Reserve . The area provides a stopover point for 1.5 - 2 million birds migrating each year between East Asia and the southeast to Australia . | Lake Manych-Gudilo | Kalmykia & Rostov Oblast 45°42′N 42°50′E / 45.700°N 42.833°E / 45.700 ; 42.833 ( Lake Manych-Gudilo ) Borders ( PP ) | 1,126 | Q ( PDF ) | IBA | Lake Manych-Gudilo is a connected series of shallow salt lakes with many islands , located in the flat depression between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea about 200 km southeast of Rostov-on-Don . Situation among black-earth grasslands , the zooplankton and benthic aquatic life are abundant , supporting an important staging area for migrating birds , particularly geese and shorebirds . Much of the site is protected by the federal Chyornye Zemli Nature Reserve | Lake Udyl & the mouths of the Bichi Bitki & Pilda Rivers | Khabarovsk Krai 52°9′N 139°51′E / 52.150°N 139.850°E / 52.150 ; 139.850 ( Lake Udyl ) Borders ( PP ) | 576 | O , L , Ts , U , Xp ( PDF ) | IBA | Lake Udyl is a 330 km2 freshwater lake , 200 km upstream from the mouth of the Amur River on the Sea of Okhotsk in the Russian Far East . The lake is shallow ( 2-3 meters in summer ) , with adjacent wet meadows and mires . It supports the largest population of the Swan goose and Stellar 's Sea Eagle in the Amur region | Lower Dvuobje | Khanty-Mansi & Yamalo-Nenetsia 64°32′N 65°46′E / 64.533°N 65.767°E / 64.533 ; 65.767 ( Dvuobje ) Borders ( PP ) | 5,400 | Ts , P , O , W , Tp , M ( PDF ) | Located on the Ob River floodplain , the largest floodplain in northern Eurasia , 100 km south of where the Ob opens into the Ob Gulf . The Ramsar site is split into three sectors to cover the mouths of tributary rivers . The extensive wetlands are an important breeding and molting ground for ducks and swans , and is an important feeding ground for sturgeon and whitefish | Moroshechnaya River | Kamchatka Krai 56°21′N 156°15′E / 56.350°N 156.250°E / 56.350 ; 156.250 ( Moroshechnaya ) Borders ( PP ) | 2,190 | U , J , O , Tp , W , M ( PDF ) | IBA | Located on the west-central coast of the Kamchatka peninsula . The site covers the Moroshechnaya River valley , with many oxbow lakes and a saline lagoon on the Okhotsk Sea . The terrain is peat soil on loose Neogene rocks . Among the many breeding and molting birds is the largest population of the Bean goose ( Anser fabalis ) | Mshinskaya Wetland system | Leningrad Oblast 59°3′0″N 30°13′0″E / 59.05000°N 30.21667°E / 59.05000 ; 30.21667 ( Mshinskaya Wetland ) Borders ( PP ) | 751 | U , Xp , O , M ( PDF ) | A bird sanctuary . Rare species of birds include osprey , golden eagle , white stork , black stork , black-throated loon , whooper swan , Eurasian curlew , Eurasian eagle-owl , and Eurasian bittern

Example questions:
For the location of the most widely distributed species of eagle , who was the first governor ? | For the northernmost location in country , what animal is found there that is brightly marked ? | What is the largest island of the Ramsar site providing waterfowl habitat ? | What species of bird has specialized salt glands and inhabits the Ramsar site with shallow waters reaching 300 meters ? | How much water is in the sea near the Ramsar site of Chernye Zemli Biosphere Reserve ?

Answers:
Vadim Gustov | Red-breasted Goose | Bolshoy Beryozovy | Sea duck | 547,000 km3