Absheron National Park

Absheron National Park is a national park of Azerbaijan.

The Absheron National Park was established on 8 February 2005, on a 7.83 square kilometre area of administrative territory of the Azizbeyov district of Baku city, on the base of "Absheron State Nature Preserve". It was set up by Order 622 of the President of Azerbaijan.

Absheron State Nature Preserve

The Absheron State Nature Preserve was created in July 1969 in order to protect gazelles, Caspian seals and water birds that inhabit the territory. The climate of the area is mild to hot, specific to semi-desert and dry steppe. Types and phytomass of flora is too poor here, plants are changed respective of water and saltiness regime of area. Sea coastal sand plants (42,6%), meadows with jigilgamish and paz grass (13,2%), one-year saline grasses (5,2%) and etc are spread. Ephemeras also develop well in early spring. In dry area gazelle, jackal, fox, rabbit, badger, in Caspian waters seal and various fishes, birds such as silver gull, wheezing swan, grey and red-headed black, white-eyed black ducks, big white bittern, sandpiper, bald-coot, marsh belibagli, sea bozcha and other migrant birds have inhabited here.

Animals and birds inhabiting Shirvan National Park, names of which have been included in the Red Books, exist in Absheron National Park as well.

Absheron National Park

The establishment of Absheron National Park contributes to the protection and restoration of unique nature complexes and objects, specially in the area where Caspian seal is spread mostly, gazelles, as well water and marsh birds. Creation of Absheron National Park is also regular example of purposeful actions taken in field of effective use of natural resources, growth of attention and care to the environment, formation of new ecological mind. Due to purposeful measures taken by Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources in direction of developing the specially preserved nature areas, creating an ecological web 6 National Parks, 13 state nature reserves and 21 state nature preserves function in Azerbaijan in present day.

ee also

* Nature of Azerbaijan
* National Parks of Azerbaijan
* State Reserves of Azerbaijan
* State Game Reserves of Azerbaijan