Garayazi State Nature Reserve

Azerbaijan · built 1978

Gara-Yaz State Reserve or Qarayazy State Reserve was established over an area spanning 48.55 km2 in 1978 for protecting and restoring riparian woodlands around the Kur. It mainly protects rare and endangered Tugay ecological systems, occupying the lands in the mid stream of the Kur. Riparian woodlands includes such types of trees as white poplar, oak, alder-tree and white acacia. Among sharp-clawed animals the most widely spread are wild boar and deer, among birds; pheasant, thrush, dove, etc. [1] The area of Gara-Yaz State Reserve was expanded by 48.03 km2 to 96.58 km2 on June 2, 2003.

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