Estuarine waters F Saline, brackish Subterranean Zk(a) or fresh water Fresh water Lagoons K Inland Wetlands: Rivers, streams, M creeks Permanent Deltas L Flowing water Springs, oases Y Rivers, streams, N Seasonal/intermittent creeks > 8 ha O Permanent < 8 ha Tp Lakes and pools Seasonal/intermittent > 8 ha P < 8 ha Ts Fresh water Permanent Herb-dominated Tp W Marshes on Permanent/ inorganic soils Seasonal/intermittent Tree-dominated Xf Seasonal/intermittent Herb-dominated Ts Marshes on peat Non-forested U Permanent soils Forested Xp Marshes on High altitude (alpine) Va inorganic or peat Vt Tundra soils Permanent Q Lakes Saline, brackish or Seasonal/intermittent R alkaline water Permanent Sp Marshes & pools Seasonal/intermittent Ss Fresh, saline, Geothermal Zg brackish or Zk(b) Subterranean alkaline water Annex II Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance and Guidelines for their application Adopted by the 7th (1999) and 9th (2005) Meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, superseding earlier Criteria adopted by the 4th and 6th Meetings of the COP (1990 and 1996), to guide implementation of Article 2.1 on designation of Ramsar sites. Group A of the Criteria. Sites containing representative, rare or unique wetland types
Estuarine waters F Saline, brackish or fresh water Subterranean Zk(a) Fresh water Lagoons K Inland Wetlands: Fresh water Flowing water Permanent Rivers, streams, creeks M Deltas L Springs, oases Y Seasonal/intermittent Rivers, streams, creeks N Lakes and pools Permanent > 8 ha O < 8 ha Tp Seasonal/intermittent > 8 ha P < 8 ha Ts Marshes on inorganic soils Permanent Herb-dominated Tp Permanent/ Seasonal/intermittent W Tree-dominated Xf Seasonal/intermittent Herb-dominated Ts Marshes on peat soils Permanent Non-forested U Forested Xp Marshes on inorganic or peat soils High altitude (alpine) Va Tundra Vt Saline, brackish or alkaline water Lakes Permanent Q Seasonal/intermittent R Marshes & pools Permanent Sp Seasonal/intermittent Ss Fresh, saline, brackish or alkaline water Geothermal Zg Subterranean Zk(b) Annex II Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance and Guidelines for their application Adopted by the 7th (1999) and 9th (2005) Meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, superseding earlier Criteria adopted by the 4th and 6th Meetings of the COP (1990 and 1996), to guide implementation of Article 2.1 on designation of Ramsar sites. Group A of the Criteria. Sites containing representative, rare or unique wetland types