Biosphere Reserve Information
Russian Federation
Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina
1997
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This is a cluster biosphere reserve consisting of five distinct units, covering a total of 284,300 hectares next to the Mongolian border. It has similar ecological characteristics to the Uvs Nuur Basin Biosphere Reserve in Mongolia but without the large lake: wetlands, large sand massifs, scattered dry steppe, rocky mountains, high altitude forests, tundra and alpine meadows. The climate is continental. As in Mongolia, local communities (about 3,000 people in the biosphere reserve in 1997) are essentially nomadic and live from cattle breeding.
The biosphere reserve contains one of the study sites of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme for global change research. Discussions are underway to create a single transboundary biosphere reserve.
Administrative Authorities
Director of Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina Zapovednik, reporting to the Federal Committee on Natural Resources and Ecology
Contact
Contact Address
Telephone
Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina Biosphere Reserve, 144a Kalinina street, Kyzyl city, 667000 Rep of Tuva, Russian Federation
(7-39422) 53 818
Fax
(7-39422) 53 818
Website
Location
Latitude
49°45'00''N - 50°29'00''N
Longitude
94°23'00''E - 95°35'00''E
Area (hectares)
Surface Area
284,300
Core Area
55,800
Buffer Area
228,500
Transition Area
N/A
Map
Last updated: 2007