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Kopetdag State Nature Reserve

Date of publication: 18 April 2024 / Views: 2,422

It was established on August 19, 1976. The total area of the reserve is 125,000 ha, which includes the Mäne-Chache range from Germap in the Central Kopetdag to the Eastern Kopetdag. The purpose of the creation of the reserve is to preserve the ecosystems of the mountain-foot plains and their integrated study, to preserve juniper forests, forests of wild fruit trees, and important species of fauna – hummingbirds, deer, stilts, mountain turkeys and other species. Gogarkhana includes two state nature limited reserves: Gurikhovdan (15 thousand ha) and Mane-Chache (60 thousand ha).
About 1,200 species of high-ranking plants can be found in the reserve. More than 40 of them are included in the Red Book of Turkmenistan. The main forest-forming tree is the Turkmen juniper, an endemic of the Kopetdag-Khorasan mountains, which is widespread here and is evergreen. Juniper forest occupies more than 23 thousand hectares of the reserve, and 50% of the area of juniper trees growing in Kopetdag is located within the reserve.

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The fauna of the reserve consists of 1265 species, including invertebrates – more than 1000, mammals – 67, birds – 153, fish – 6, reptiles – 39.
In the reserve, 17 species of mammals have been included in the Red Book of Turkmenistan, including syrtalan, elk, deer, ibex, mountain goat and other species.

Two of them, Mane-Chache (1976) – 60,000 ha. designed to protect rabbits, deer and leopards.
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There are 2 natural monuments under the protection:
Karayalchi – fruit field 20 ha. 2. Tsarlyk – 2000 ha.

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