Sharga Nature Reserve ( mn, Шарга) is a reserve in the western part of

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. It comprises 2.860 km² and is located in

Govi-Altai Province Govi-Altai ( mn, Говь-Алтай / , ) is an aimag (province) in western Mongolia. Transportation The Altai Airport (LTI/ZMAT) has one paved runway and is served by regular flights to Arvaikheer, Bayankhongor and Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar ...

in the area of the

Sharga sum Sharga ( mn, Шарга) is a sum (district) of Govi-Altai Province in western Mongolia. The area has one of the last two populations of the Mongolian saiga antelope (''Saiga tatarica mongolica''), which is protected in Sharga Nature Reserve Shar ...

. The reserve has been created in 1993 together with

Mankhan Nature Reserve Mankhan Nature Reserve is a reserve in the western part of Mongolia. It is located south of Khar Us Nuur National Park in Khovd Province on the main road between Hovd City and Ulaanbaatar. Most of the area lies in the Mankhan sum. The reserve st ...

to protect the endangered Mongolian saiga.

References

* Mallon, D.P. and Kingswood, S.C. (compilers). (2001). ''Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans.'' SSC Antelope Specialist Group. IUCN, GLand, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. {{ISBN, 2-8317-0594-0 Nature reserves in Mongolia