Badai-Tugai Reserve
Uzbekistan, Republic of Karaalpakstan, Beruniysia district
Description:
The Badai-Tugai Reserve is located on the territory of the Beruni district of the Republic of Karakalpakstan - an autonomy within Uzbekistan. The reserve, located near the Amu Darya River, was founded in 1971.
The territory of the reserve is characterized by a sharply continental climate with a strong influence of air masses from the north. In summer, the average air temperature is +28 degrees Celsius and can reach 41 degrees.
On the territory of the reserve there are many relict plants, among which there are some and under threat of extinction. Here grows tulip bouse, eriantus blushing and ferulla smelly, listed in the Red Book. Half of the reserve is occupied by forests, where Turang tugai, willows, various shrubs grow.
In the seventies, the reserve was replenished with 12 individuals of Bukhara deer. To date, the population of this species listed in the Red Book has reached 30 individuals.