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The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (protected area)
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq (al-Ahwar, the Iraqi Marshlands) is a mixed UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 2016, pairing the Huwaizah, Central, East and West Hammar marshes with the Sumerian cities Uruk, Ur and Eridu, threatened by water scarcity.
Thjörsárver
Thjörsárver (Þjórsárver) is Iceland's largest highland wetland, south of Hofsjökull at about 600 m elevation; nature reserve since 1981, Ramsar site no. 460 since 1990, expanded in 2017 to 1,563 km², and the world's key pink-footed goose nesting ground.
Tönnersjöheden-Årshultsmyren
Tönnersjöheden-Årshultsmyren, Ramsar Site 1131 in Halland and Kronoberg, Sweden, designated 19 November 2001, is a 12,388-hectare mire complex with fens, raised bogs, red-listed species, and Natura 2000 and nature reserve protection.
Vembanad-Kol Wetland
Vembanad-Kol Wetland, a Ramsar site (2002) in Kerala, India, is the largest brackish humid tropical wetland on India's southwest coast: 151,250 ha fed by ten Western Ghats rivers, supporting Kuttanad's below-sea-level paddy farming, major waterbird populations, and 0.2 million livelihoods.
West-Vikna Archipelago
West-Vikna Archipelago (Vest-Vikna), Ramsar Site no. 2165 in Nærøysund, Trøndelag, Norway; 13,592 ha designated 27 May 2013; ten protected localities with seabird colonies, seals, and otters.