Sharga Nature Reserve
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Sharga Nature Reserve is a reserve in the eastern part of Mongolia
. It comprises 2.860 sqkm and is located in Govi-Altai Province in the area of the Sharga sum. The reserve has been created in 1993 together with Mankhan Nature Reserve
to protect the endangered Mongolian saiga
.
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
. It comprises 2.860 sqkm and is located in Govi-Altai Province in the area of the Sharga sum. The reserve has been created in 1993 together with Mankhan Nature Reserve
Mankhan Nature Reserve
Mankhan Nature Reserve is a reserve in the eastern part of Mongolia. It is located south of Khar Us Nuur National Park in Khovd Province on the main road betwenn Hovd City and Ulaanbaatar. Most of the area lies in the Mankhan sum. The reserve streches over 3.000 sqkm and has been created in 1993...
to protect the endangered Mongolian saiga
Saiga Antelope
The saiga is a Critically Endangered antelope which originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe zone from the foothills of the Carpathians and Caucasus into Dzungaria and Mongolia. They also lived in North America during the Pleistocene...
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