Nurata Mountainous Nut-Fruit Nature Reserve, Uzbekistan

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The Nurata Mountainous (founded in 1975) is on the Nurata Ridge in Farish district of Djizak Region. The area is 22.500 ha.

The relief of the reserve is typically mountainous (the highest point is 2100 metres above sea-level) with big and small rivers, gorges, massive rocks. There is a combined semi-desert and forest vegetation. In general, trees and bushes grow in the flood-lands of the rivers. The most spread are walnut trees, there are also wild apple-trees, plum-trees, mulberry-trees, and cherry-plums.

Of animals the sheep of Severtsev is the most valuable. Wild boars, foxes, wolves, porcupines, badgers, plenty of stone grouse inhabit the reserve. The birds of prey are represented by the black griffin, the dwarf-eagle, and others.

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