Sayano-Shushenskiy Nature Reserve

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Sayano-Shushenskiy Nature Reserve is a large, strictly protected wilderness area in Russia’s Western Sayan Mountains, renowned for its rugged taiga landscapes and populations of rare species such as the snow leopard and Siberian ibex.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biosphere reserve
protected area
strict nature reserve
zapovednik
accessRegime strictly protected
allows environmental monitoring
scientific research
area about 3900 square kilometres
about 390000 hectares
borders Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station reservoir
climate continental
contains Sayano-Shushenskoye Reservoir shoreline
Yenisei River canyon
altitudinal vegetation zones
country Russia
designation State Nature Reserve
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
linked to: Biosphere Reserve
dominantTreeSpecies Siberian fir
Siberian pine
Siberian spruce
linked to: Sakhalin spruce
ecosystemType alpine tundra
mountain taiga
subalpine meadows
established 1976
establishedAs state nature reserve
governingBody Federal State Budgetary Institution "Sayano-Shushenskiy State Nature Reserve"
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
habitatFor Siberian ibex
Siberian musk deer
Siberian roe deer
black stork
brown bear
golden eagle
lynx
red deer
saker falcon
linked to: Saker

snow leopard
wolverine
IUCNCategory Ia
languageOfOfficialName Russian
locatedIn Krasnoyarsk Krai
Republic of Khakassia
locatedInMountainRange Western Sayan Mountains
linked to: Sayan Mountains
locatedNear Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
locatedOnRiver Yenisei River
mainPurpose conservation of mountain taiga ecosystems
protection of rare and endangered species
namedAfter Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station
partOf system of zapovedniks of Russia
prohibits commercial logging
hunting
mass tourism
publicAccess highly restricted
region southern Siberia
linked to: Southern Siberia
researchFocus long-term ecosystem monitoring
population dynamics of snow leopard
terrain deep river canyons
mountainous
taiga-covered slopes
UNESCOProgramme Man and the Biosphere Programme
vegetation dark coniferous taiga

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Sayan Mountains protectedArea Sayano-Shushenskiy Nature Reserve
Sayano-Shushenskiy Nature Reserve governingBody Federal State Budgetary Institution "Sayano-Shushenskiy State Nature Reserve"
linked to: Sayano-Shushenskiy Nature Reserve