Kara-Buura Nature Park

National park in Kyrgyzstan
42°22′N 71°01′E / 42.367°N 71.017°E / 42.367; 71.017Area61,544 ha (152,080 acres)Established2005

Kara-Buura Nature Park (Kyrgyz: Кара-Буура мамлекеттик жаратылыш паркы) is a national park in Kara-Buura District of Talas Region of Kyrgyzstan established in June 2005.[1] The purpose of the park is conservation of the unique mid-mountain savannoids, alpine and sub-alpine meadows, biodiversity of Western Tien-Shan, protection of rare and endangered flora and fauna, and extension of network of specially protected areas of Kyrgyz Republic. The area of the park is 61,544 hectares.[2] The park is situated on the northern slopes of the Talas Alatoo range, on the border with Kazakhstan, 50 km from Kök-Say and 120 km from the regional center Talas.[3]

References

  1. ^ On establishment of the State Nature Park Kara-Buura [Об образовании Государственного природного парка «Кара-Буура»] (Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic 233) (in Russian). 17 June 2005.
  2. ^ "Specially protected natural territories of the Kyrgyz Republic". Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Specially Protected Natural Areas. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Kara-Buura State Nature Park". Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity of Kyrgyzstan (in Russian). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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