Hazar Nature Reserve is a
nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
(''
zapovednik
Zapovednik (russian: заповедник, plural , from the Russian , 'sacred, prohibited from disturbance, committed o protect committed o heritage; ) is an established term on the territory of the former Soviet Union for a protected area which ...
'') of
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
.
It is located on the south-east coast of the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
, in
Balkan Province and covers an area of 2,690 km
2.
Ogurjaly Sanctuary is part of this nature reserve.
The climate is continental, the average annual temperature is 15 degrees Celsius.
References
Further reading
*''National Program for the Protection of the Environment'', Ashgabat, 2002, pp. 149-151
External links
Web-site
Nature reserves in Turkmenistan
World Heritage Tentative List
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