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| '''Ubsunur Hollow''' (also spelled '''Ubsu-Nur''') is a fragile mountain basin or depression located on the territorial border of ] and the ] in the ] among the mountains — ], and the ] region — part of a combination of raised lands and depressions. Here the world's most northern ] meets the ]'s most southern ] zone.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://www.isar.org/pubs/ST/RUubsunur49.html | |||
| |title=Ubsu-Nur Accepted into World Network of Biosphere Reserves | |||
| |publisher=ISAR | |||
| |accessdate=2006-12-31 | |||
| }}</ref> Ubsunur Hollow Reserve (Tuva) was awarded international ] status in 1998.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| |year=1998 | |||
| |url=http://forests.org/archive/europe/sthnsib.htm | |||
| |title=Southern Siberia Hotspot in the Taiga | |||
| |publisher=Tiaga News | |||
| |accessdate=2008-02-05 | |||
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| ==Archeology== | |||
| Ubsunur Hollow's importance lies chiefly in its cultural heritage and the most important place in Central Asia for its concentration of unstudied archaeological artifacts, especially is ], some say as many as 20,000, many older than the Egyptian pyramids. {{quotation|Thousands of carved drawings and stone sculptures - remnants of Middle Age settlements and Buddhist temples - shape the inimitable appearance of the cultural landscape.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/en/campaigns/world-natural-heritage/the-ubsunur-hollow | |||
| |title=The Ubsunur Hollow | |||
| |publisher=Greenpeace | |||
| |accessdate=2008-02-07 | |||
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| Ubsunur Hollow was nominated for listing as a ] in 1995. as "one of the largest intact ] in Central Asia where 40,000 ]s can be found from historically famous ]s such as the ], the ] and the ]."<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/envis/doc-russia-wh.html | |||
| |title=Russia's First World Heritage Site | |||
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| |accessdate=2006-12-31 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| ==Animal life== | |||
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| The hollow located on the border between ] and ] and is the most fascinating environmental habitat in ] because of the complex and intact ecosystems that interact here, from ] to ]. It's area is 1,068,853.5 ha.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| |url=http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/uvs_nuur.htm | |||
| |title=Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation (Tuva) & Mongolia | |||
| |publisher=United Nations Environment Programme | |||
| |accessdate=2008-02-05 | |||
| }} | |||
| </ref> It is perhaps one of the most unique and interesting locales in all of Central Asia. The ] ranges from ]s, to ] and sub ]s, and a vast mountain ] areas. There are also forested ], treeless ], ] ]s, and ever shifting ]. It is a beautiful and amazingly diversified natural habitat.<ref name=greenhouse/> | |||
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| Because of it's location on the cusp of the ]-] and ]-] terrains, flora and fauna exhibits a high ] for mid ]. Animal species that inhabitant both mountains and tundra such as the ] {]}, Siberian ], Altai ] flourish here, as well as taiga dwellers such as the ], ] and ]. Steppe dwellers include the Mongolian ], demoiselle ] and long tailed Siberian ]. Desert inhabitants include the ] and midday ]. There are 359 bird species alone. Since the Hollow is a protection area, many ancient species ] in other regions have found refuge here.<ref name=greenhouse/> | |||
| ==Population== | |||
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| 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.<ref name=greenhouse>{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/en/campaigns/world-natural-heritage/the-ubsunur-hollow | |||
| |title=The Ubsunur Hollow | |||
| |publisher=Greenpeace | |||
| |accessdate=2006-12-31 | |||
| }}</ref> The Russian part of the hollow contains the cattle-breeding nomads who build ]s.<ref>{{cite web | |||
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| |url=http://www.unesco.ru/eng/articles/2004/stasya03022006104947.php | |||
| |title=The Uvs Nuur Basin: Russian-Mongolian cooperation for Conservation of the World Heritage] | |||
| |publisher=unesco | |||
| |accessdate=2008-02-05 | |||
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