🌐 Alakol

Kazakhstan · Asia · Biosphere Reserve · 46.18°N, 81.77°E

The Alakol Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in Kazakhstan, within the desert zone of Eurasia in the central part of the Alakol inter-mountain depression. The 193,089 hectares (745.52 sq mi) reserve lies on the Central Asian–Indian bird migration route. The wetlands of the reserve are of global significance as a habitat and as a nesting site for water birds.

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Quick facts

Country	Kazakhstan
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌐 Biosphere Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	46.18°N, 81.77°E · view on map

Alakol is a biosphere reserve in Kazakhstan, in Asia. The details of why Alakol is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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