Bugyly Nature Reserve
Бұғылы қорықшасы
Panorama of the nature reserve
Bugyly Nature Reserve is located in Kazakhstan
Bugyly Nature Reserve
Location in Kazakhstan
TypeZoological reserve
LocationShet District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Nearest cityKaraganda
Coordinates49°00′N 73°04′E / 49.000°N 73.067°E / 49.000; 73.067
Area8,500 ha (85 km2)
Created1976
Operated byMain Department of Zapovedniks and Game Management - Republic of Kazakhstan

Bugyly Nature Reserve (Kazakh: Бұғылы қорықшасы) is a protected area in the Kazakh Uplands, Kazakhstan. Administratively it is located in the Shet District of the Karaganda Region.[1]

Description

The Bugyly Nature Reserve protected area covers 8,500 ha (21,000 acres) of the Bugyly and Zhaksy Tagyly ranges. The landscape is made up of flat or undulating steppe, as well as two mountain ranges of moderate altitude. The vegetation includes low shrub and grasses, such as meadowsweet, Siberian peashrub, wormwood and feather grass. In the narrow river gorges birch, aspen, willow and raspberry thickets may be found. Among the animals protected by the reserve, the roe deer, deer, hare, badger, wolf, fox, grouse and partridge deserve mention.[2][3]

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