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Ubsunur Hollow (also spelled Ubsu-Nur) is a fragile mountain basin or depression located on the territorial border of Mongolia and the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation among the mountains — Tannu-Ola Mountains, and the Altay Mountains region — part of a combination of raised lands and depressions. Here the world's most northern desert meets the world's most southern tundra zone. Ubsunur Hollow Reserve (Tuva) was awarded international Biosphere Reserve status in 1998.
Ubsunur Hollow was nominated for listing as a World Heritage Site in 1995. as "one of the largest intact watersheds in Central Asia where 40,000 archaeological sites can be found from historically famous nomadic tribes such as the Scythians, the Turks and the Huns."
Animal life
The hollow located on the border between Mongolia and Russia and is the most fascinating environmental habitat in Central Asia because of the complex and intact ecosystems that interact here, from taiga to desert. It's area is 1,068,853.5 ha. It is perhaps one of the most unique and interesting locales in all of Central Asia. The terrain ranges from glaciers, to alpine tundra and sub alpine meadows, and a vast mountain taiga areas. There are also forested steppes, treeless steppes, semi-arid deserts, and ever shifting sand dunes. It is a beautiful and amazingly diversified natural habitat.
Because of it's location on the cusp of the Euro-Siberian and Central Asian-Mongolian terrains, flora and fauna exhibits a high biodiversity for mid latitudes. Animal species that inhabitant both mountains and tundra such as the irbis {snow leopard}, Siberian roe, Altai snow cock flourish here, as well as taiga dwellers such as the maral, lynx and wolverine. Steppe dwellers include the Mongolian lark, demoiselle crane and long tailed Siberian souslik. Desert inhabitants include the bustard and midday gerbil. There are 359 bird species alone. Since the Hollow is a protection area, many ancient species extinct in other regions have found refuge here.
Population
The population density is low here. The lack of industry and the reliance of the inhabitants on traditional ways such as nomadic pasturing have little impact on the landscape. Industrial capacities are absent and have allowed the ecosystem to remain relatively pristine. The Russian part of the hollow contains the cattle-breeding nomads who build Yurts.
See also
Notes
- "Ubsu-Nur Accepted into World Network of Biosphere Reserves". ISAR. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- "Southern Siberia Hotspot in the Taiga". Tiaga News. 1998. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- "Russia's First World Heritage Site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- "Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation (Tuva) & Mongolia". United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ "The Ubsunur Hollow". Greenpeace. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- "The Uvs Nuur Basin: Russian-Mongolian cooperation for Conservation of the World Heritage]". unesco. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
External links
- The Ubsunur Hollow
- Ubsu-Nur Accepted into World Network of Biosphere Reserves
- Singing Stones - The Republic of Tuva
- Ubsu Nur satellite photo
- Federation Legislative Survey: June 1990-December 1993
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