Barsa-Kelmes Nature Reserve

Barsa-Kelmes Nature Reserve

Barsa-Kelmes Nature Reserve is a wildlife refuge on the former island of Barsa-Kelmes in the Qyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan, in Central Asia.

It was founded in 1939. The island on which the reserve is situated is in the Aral Sea. Its territory is around 300 square kilometres. Some 250 species of plants constitute its flora. Its fauna numbers 56 species of animals, and includes, among others, the Onager, Goitered Gazelle, Corsac Fox, and Eurasian Wolf. There are 203 bird species in the area.

External links

* [http://kazakhembus.com/Nature.html a Kazakhstani tourist site, from which the original text of this article was lifted]
* [http://gis-terra.kz/gal4.htm Photo gallery 1]
* [http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/biologie/Oekologie/4_Biodiversity_and_Barsa-Kelmes_Nat_Res.html Photo gallery 2]
* [http://slovari.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00006/76400.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/bse/00006/76400.htm%26text%3D%25C1%25E0%25F0%25F1%25E0%25EA%25E5%25EB%25FC%25EC%25E5%25F1%26reqtext%3D%25C1%25E0%25F0%25F1%25E0%25EA%25E5%25EB%25FC%25EC%25E5%25F1%253A%253A1819103916%26%26isu%3D2 Entry from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)]
* [http://mag.org.ua/libtxt/18-1.html Чернобров В. А. Остров Барсакельмес]


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