Ustyurt Nature Reserve

Karakiya District, Kazakhstan · built 1984

Ustyurt Nature Reserve (Kazakh, Üstırt memlekettık tabiği qoryğy, Ustyurt natsional'nyy zapovednik), or the Ustyurt National Biosphere Reserve, is a nature reserve, created on 12 July 1984 in what was then the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (K.S.S.R), in Mangystau Region, southwest Kazakhstan. Its area is 223,000 hectares (2, 230 km2), and lies within Ustyurt Plateau. The reserve lies near the borders with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Its purpose is to preserve the deserts as well as the rare flora and fauna. The Sherkala mountain and the Valley of Balls lie within the reserve. In addition, it contains a large variety of flora and fauna.

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