List of Ramsar Wetland sites in Pakistan

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The Ramsar Convention on Wetland protection has been signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971.

As of March 2013, there are nineteen Ramsar sites, covering an area of 1,343,627 hectares (3,320,170 acres) in Pakistan.^[1]

Ramsar convention wetland sites

The following is a list of sites protected under this treaty:

Site Code	Name^[1]	District	Province	Description
2PK009	Astola (Haft Talar) Island		Balochistan
2PK002	Chashma Barrage	Mianwali District	Punjab
2PK017	Deh Akro-II Desert Wetland Complex		Sindh
2PK007	Drigh Lake		Sindh
2PK008	Haleji Lake		Sindh
2PK010	Hub Dam		Sindh, Balochistan
2PK018	Indus Delta		Sindh
2PK011	Indus Dolphin Reserve		Sindh
2PK012	Jiwani Coastal Wetland		Balochistan
2PK013	Jubho Lagoon	Sujawal District	Sindh
2PK006	Kinjhar (Kalri) Lake	Thatta District	Sindh
2PK014	Miani Hor	Lasbela District	Balochistan
2PK015	Nurri Lagoon	Badin District	Sindh
2PK016	Ormara Turtle Beaches		Balochistan
2PK019	Runn of Kutch		Sindh
2PK004	Tanda Dam	Kohat District	North-West Frontier Province	Migratory birds from Caspian and Siberia stay here in winters
2PK003	Taunsa Barrage	Muzaffargarh District	Punjab
2PK001	Thanedar Wala	Bannu District	North-West Frontier Province	Wetland bird migration route
2PK005	Uchhali Complex	Khushab District	Punjab

References

1 2 "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

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National parks	Ayub Ayubia Broghil Valley Central Karakoram Chinji Chitral Gol Deosai Hazarganji-Chiltan Hingol Khunjerab Kirthar Lal Suhanra Lulusar-Dodipat Machiara Margalla Hills Saiful Malook Shiekh Buddin Toli Pir

Wildlife sanctuaries	Astore Bajwat Baltistan Chashma Lake Cholistan Chumbi Surla Hab Dam Lehri Nature Park Naltar Nara Desert Runn of Kutch

Game reserves	Head Qadirabad Machiara

Protected wetlands	Astola Island Chashma Barrage Drigh Lake Great Rann of Kutch Haleji Lake Hawke's Bay Beach Hingol River Hub Dam Indus River Delta Jiwani Coastal Wetland Jubho Lagoon Keti Bandar Khanpur Dam Kinjhar Lake Miani Hor Lagoon Ormara Turtle Beaches Rasul Barrage Rawal Lake Sandspit Beach Tanda Dam Taunsa Barrage Thanedar Wala Uchhali Complex

Natural monuments	Bazar Caves Chandragup Chitarwata Formation Hingol Mud Volcano Kashmir Smast Paradise Point

Protected forests	Ziarat Juniper Forest Changa Manga Forest Chichawatni Plantation

Biosphere reserves	Lal Suhanra

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List of Ramsar Wetland sites in Pakistan

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