Hojagarawul Sanctuary is a

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...

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zakaznik Zakaznik (russian: зака́зник, зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznik, zakazniki''; uk, singular: заказни́к or зака́зник; plural: заказники́ or зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznyk'', ''zak ...

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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 ...

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Köýtendag Nature Reserve Köýtendag Nature Reserve, formerly Kugitang Nature Reserve, is a nature reserve (''zapovednik'') in the extreme east of Turkmenistan. Geography Established in 1986, it is located in the Köýtendag Range of Lebap Province Lebap Region ...

Sites

Karlyuk Cave

An underground network of ~50 km. of caves, it contains numerous subterranean lakes home to the endemic Starostin's loach.

Kainar Baba

One of the few hot sulfide springs in Turkmenistan, this is a popular bathing spot.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090609072344/http://natureprotection.gov.tm/reserve_tm.html * https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5436/

References

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