Kamjan Wetland

Kamjan International Wetland covers about 4,000 hectares and lies 120 kilometres northeast of Shiraz, in the village of Kamjan in Karbal District, Kharameh County. It is regarded as one of the country's important wetlands and was registered and approved at the first International Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar. Kamjan Wetland lies on a migratory bird route, and according to international and environmental bodies, one percent of the Middle East's birds have been present in this area.

Experts from the Fars Department of Environment have identified about 20 species of aquatic, shore, migratory and land birds in this wetland. In addition, according to the latest species survey, carried out in 1391 (2012–13), more than 100 bird species have been identified in the wetland's basin. These include aquatic, shore, migratory, resident and semi-migratory birds.

Local people of Karbal District, and especially the villagers of Kamjan, frequently see animals along the edges of the wetland such as gazelles, wild boars, hyenas, several species of large wild cats, foxes and jackals. The wetland also has a wide variety of wetland and marsh plants, which in some places reach six to eight metres in height and cover an area of 5,250 hectares.