🦎 Zorkul Nature Reserve

Tajikistan · Asia · Nature Reserve · 37.43°N, 73.81°E

Zorkul Nature Reserve is a 1,610 km2 (620 sq mi) nature reserve in the south-eastern section of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan, adjoining the border with the Wakhan National Park of Afghanistan in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province. The area was made a zakaznik in 1972 for the conservation of bar-headed geese and upgraded to a full nature reserve in 2000. It has also been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

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Quick facts

Country	Tajikistan
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	37.43°N, 73.81°E · view on map

Zorkul Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Tajikistan, in Asia. The details of why Zorkul Nature Reserve is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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