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Protected area in Turkmenistan
Hazar Nature Reserve
A picture of the Caspian Sea
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LocationBalkan Province,  Turkmenistan
Coordinates39°00′00″N 53°02′41″E / 39°N 53.044722°E / 39; 53.044722
Area2,690 km

Hazar Nature Reserve (Turkmen: Hazar goraghanasy) is a nature reserve (zapovednik) of Turkmenistan.

It is located on the south-east coast of the Caspian Sea, in Balkan Province and covers an area of 2,690 km. Ogurjaly Sanctuary is part of this nature reserve.

The climate is continental, the average annual temperature is 15 degrees Celsius.

References

  1. "Hazar Project - "Conservation and sustainable use of globally significant biological diversity in Hazar State Reserve on the Caspian Sea Coast"". Hazarwetlands.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  2. "Nature Reserves of Turkmenistan :: About Turkmenistan Reserves". Oriental Express Central Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  3. "Hazar State Nature Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

Further reading

  • National Program for the Protection of the Environment, Ashgabat, 2002, pp. 149–151 (in Russian)

External links

Protected areas of Turkmenistan
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Sanctuaries
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