List of Ramsar sites in Russia

Columns: Name | Location | Area ( km ) | Wetland Type ( s ) * | Other Des | Description
Kama - Bakaldino Mires | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 56°24′N 45°20′E / 56.400°N 45.333°E / 56.400 ; 45.333 ( Kama-Bakaldino Mires ) Borders ( PP ) | 2,265 | U , Xp , O ( PDF ) | Located just north of the Volga River as it flows east , 100 km east of Nizhny-Novgorod . The largest peatland south of the northern European taiga zone . Bogs , fens , raised mires , streams and other wetlands intermixed with stands of pine , birch , and aspen . Important stopover sight for migrating birds | Kandalaksha Bay | Murmansk Oblast 66°46′0″N 33°8′0″E / 66.76667°N 33.13333°E / 66.76667 ; 33.13333 ( Kandalaksha Bay ) Borders ( PP ) | 2,080 | A , B , G , D , H ( PDF ) | IBA | The northwestern bay of the White Sea , Kandalaksha divides the Kola peninsula from Karelia . Over 850 rocky islands dot the shallow waters , whose rich benthic ( sediment-dwelling ) sealife support large flocks of migratory waterfowl . Much of the upper bay is protected by the Kandalaksha Nature Reserve , which was formed in 1932 to protect the Sea duck | Karaginsky Island | Kamchatka Krai 58°47′N 163°52′E / 58.783°N 163.867°E / 58.783 ; 163.867 ( Karaginsky Island ) Borders ( PP ) | 1,936 | A , D , F , G , E , M , O ( PDF ) | IBA | Karaginsky is a 2,404 km2 island located 40 km east of the northeast coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in the western Bering Sea . The island is covered with elfin forests ( stunted birch and dwarf pine ) , meadows , and low-bush alpine tundra . The numerous bays and inlets support large populations of diving ducks , gulls , terns , and cormorants ; the island is on an important migration route for sea birds | Khingano-Arkharinskaya Lowland | Amur Oblast 49°10′N 130°0′E / 49.167°N 130.000°E / 49.167 ; 130.000 ( Khingano ) Borders ( PP ) | 2,000 | Ts , Tp , O , M ( PDF ) | IBA | A wet forest-steppe ( prairie ) ecosystem along the Amur River on the Russian/Chinese border in the Russian Far East , between the Bureya River and the Khingan River . The landscape is an extensive floodplain , with streams , oxbow lakes , marshes , and other wetlands . Grass meadows and reed-beds are extensive , supporting aquatic wildlife that attracts migratory waterfowl ( ducks , geese ) . A large portion is protected by the Khingan Nature Reserve | Kuban River Delta : Akhtaro-Grivenskaya group of limans | Krasnodar Krai 44°50′N 38°30′E / 44.833°N 38.500°E / 44.833 ; 38.500 ( Kuban River Delta ) Borders ( PP ) | 846 | F , O , Q , J , Ts , M , 6 , 1 , 3 , 4 , 2 , 9 . ( PDF ) | IBA | Extensive delta of the Kuban River and adjacent areas to the Protoka River , on the southeast coast of the Sea of Azov in the southwest of Russia . The land forms are bars and islands of fluvial sediments ( limans ) in brackish water . Because of the wide variety of wetland types ( including freshwater , brackish , and saline areas ) , there is abundant aquatic life . This supports very large populations of migratory waterfowl ( 1 - 12 million per year ) , and large breeding colonies ( 500,000 individuals ) | Kurgalsky Peninsula | Leningrad Oblast 44°50′N 38°30′E / 44.833°N 38.500°E / 44.833 ; 38.500 ( Kurgalsky Peninsula ) Borders ( PP ) | 650 | A , U , O , E , D ( PDF ) | IBA | The Kurgalsky peninsula is located 125 km west of St. Petersburg on the south shore of the Gulf of Finland ; it borders Estonia to the south . The site is surrounded by shallow waters , and covered with mires ( un-forested land with living peat-growing plants ) and stands of pine . Kurgalsky hosts large populations of migratory birds , including Whooper swans , Bewick 's swans , and Greylag goose | Lake Bolon & the mouths of the Selgon River & Simmi Rivers | Khabarovsk Krai 49°35′N 136°5′E / 49.583°N 136.083°E / 49.583 ; 136.083 ( Lake Bolon ) Borders ( PP ) | 538 | O , L , Ts , U , Xp ( PDF ) | IBA | Lake Bolon is a large , complex floodplain lake in the Lower Amur River region . It is fed by the Selgon and Simmi Rivers in the Khabarovosk region of the Russian Far East . 80% of birds migrating through the Lower Amur region stop at Lake Bolon area , approximately 1 million per year . A wide variety of habitats are supported , including meadows , sedge and reedbeds , peat bogs , and birch forests . Rare fish are also supported

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