The Tadrès Total Reserve (T'adéras/Tadress) (Réserve totale de Faune du Tadrès) is a nature reserve in the central north of

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languagesAgadez Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of Agadez Region, it lies in the Sahara desert, and is also ...

. It is a Total Faunal Reserve IUCN type IV, covering some 788,928 hectares within the

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. The reserve follows the northeast - southwest flow of the Tadrès valley, a Kori or seasonal wash and ancient river bed south of the

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. It was originally dedicated to the protection of

Oryx ''Oryx'' is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Their pelage is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight. The exception is the scimitar oryx, which ...

populations which have largely disappeared from the region. In the 1940s, the valley was an important migration route for the animals from the Tenere desert to the

Adar Adar ( he, אֲדָר ; from Akkadian ''adaru'') is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar. It is a month of 29 ...

in the south of the country. It remains a transhumance route for domesticated cattle and camels, as well as wild Dorcas and Ménas GazellesSAHELO-SAHARAN ANTELOPES - Concerted Action - CMS
DB 2007 report.

References

UNEP-WCMC site record

World Database on Protected Areas / UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2008.

Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Niger
Earth Trends country profile (2003) {{authority control National parks of Niger