Data Zone
Country/territory: Armenia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, B1i (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 154,627 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2013 | high | not assessed | high |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A large lake in east-central Armenia, the country's largest protected area (125,300 ha of lake and 24,800 ha of land).
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding Larus armenicus and large numbers of wintering waterfowl.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Sevan and environs. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2021.
