Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve

Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is a biosphere reserve in Primorsky Krai. It is an important reserve for the endangered Siberian tiger.

It was founded on February 10, 1935 to protect a population of the sable. The Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve is located in a watershed on the eastern slopes of Central Sikhote-Alin in the Terneysky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts and the area of Dalnegorsk City Council.

The area of the zapovednik is 401,428 ha (2,900 ha - aquatic).^[1] The highest point is Glukhomanka Mountain at 1598 m altitude.

Hunting and fishing in Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve are forbidden. Flora and fauna of the reserve are rich.

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↑ Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve

Coordinates: 45°02′N 136°20′E / 45.033°N 136.333°E / 45.033; 136.333

Nature reserves of Russia (class Ia 'Zapovedniks')

Northwest	Kandalaksha Kerzhinski Kivach Kostomuksha Lapland Nizhnesvirsky Pasvik Pinezhsky Polistovsky Rdeysky

Central	Belogorye Bryansk Forest Central Forest Central Tsernozemsky Galichya Gora Kaluzhskiye Zaseki Khopyor Nurgush Oka Prioksko-Terrasny Voronezh Voronina

Southern	Astrakhan Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski Chyornye Zemli Rostov

North Caucasus	Caucasus Dagestan Erzi North Ossetia Teberda Kabardino-Balkarski

Volga	Basegi Bashkirski Mordovski Orenburg Pribolshky Les Prisurski Shaytan-Tay Shulgan-Tash Vishera Vosshko-Kamisky Zhiguili

Urals	Denezhkin Kamen East Ural Ilmen Little Sosva Nenets Pechoro-Ilych South Ural Upper Taz Visim

Siberia	Altai Azas Baikalsky Barguzin Baykal-Lena Central Siberia Dauriya Dzherginsky Great Arctic Gydan Katun Khakasski Kuznetsk Alatau Putorana Sayano-Shushenski Sokhondo Stolby Taymyr Tigirekskiy Tunguska Ubsunur Hollow Vitim Yugansky

Far East	Bastak Bolon Bolshekhekhtsirsky Botcha Bureya Dalnevostochny Morskoy Darwin Dzhugdzursky Kedrovaya Pad Khanka Khingan Komandor Komsomolsk Koryak Kronotsky Kurils Lazovski Lena Delta Magadan Nora Olyokma Poronaysky Sikhote-Alin Ussurisky Wrangel Island Zeya

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