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AKSU-JABAGLI : A UNESCO biosphere
reserve in southern Kazakhstan, situated 1000-4000m (3280-3120ft)
above sea level, and home to 238 species of birds, 42 species of
animals and 1300 species of plants.
ALMATY :
Located in the southern Tian Shan Mountains and home to snow leopards,
jeirans, gazelles, arkhars and the unique Tjan-Shan fir tree.
BARSA KELMES :
Translated as ‘the land of no return’, this
island, off the northwestern Aral Sea coast, is the home of the rarest
hoofed animal in the world - the kulan.
THE WEST-ALTAI :
Situated in the Altai Mountains and home to 16
types of forest, 30 species of mammals and 120 species of birds.
KURGALDJINO :
Located in central Kazakhstan, this A-class
nature reserve is of international importance, and its feather-grass
steppe is home to 300 types of plant and the most northerly settlement
of flamingoes in the world.
MARAKOL :
Home to 232 species of bird, 50 species of
animal and 1000 types of plant, the reserve is set in the southern
foothills of the Altai Mountains.
NAURZUM :
Located in northern Kazakhstan and home to such
rare animals as white herons, jack-bustards, hisser swans and grave
eagles.
USTIURT :
Situated in west Kazakhstan in the Karagie
Depression, 132m (433ft) below sea level, this chalk-cliffed reserve
is the largest in the country.
BAYAN-AUL NATIONAL NATURE PARK :
Known as ‘the museum of nature’, the reserve is
located in central Kazakhstan. |
