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| | SIAE: GIS of Russian Ramsar sites |
 | | Russia is extremely rich in wetlands, including 120,000 rivers with a tonal length of 2,300,000 km, 2 million lakes with a total area of 370,000 sq.km., and mire ecosystems covering an area of 1.8 million sq.km. |
 | | The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. |
 | | The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands came into force for the Russian Federation in 1977. |
| www.geocities.com /siae.geo/ramsar/ramsar.html (350 words) |
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