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Khingan Nature Reserve

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public, but arrangements must be made at the main office. Reserve staff give guided tours to the lakes to see the flowering of the Kormorov Lotus from mid-July to mid-August. Tour groups are welcome by arrangement and over a thousand visitors are received each year. There are rustic accommodations available in some of the buffer areas.
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ecoregion. This is a low-lying fertile floodplain, with patches of deciduous subtaiga forests. Situated in the middle Amur River in the Russian Far East, and northeast China, trees are generally found only in the upland areas, due to the frequent flooding of the plains. Species endemism is low, in
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The vegetation and animals of the Khingan Reserve is marked by the interpenetration of different floristic groups, with a wide variety of growing conditions and microclimate, in the intersection of plains grassland, wetlands (including sphagnum bogs), and larch and cedar-broad-leaf forest habitats.
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The Khingan Nature reserve is divided into two separate sections, one on the Amur-Zeya-Bureya intermountain plains (about 70% of the area), and one in the low rugged hills of the left bank of the Amur River (70% of the area). The lowlands are Quaternary lakes and rivers of alluvial and sedimentary
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As a strict nature reserve, the reserve is mostly closed to the general public, although scientists and those with 'environmental education' purposes can make arrangements with park management for visits. There are 'ecotourist' routes, such as to 'White Bird Lake', however, that are open to the
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Animals in the reserve are a mixture of the typical residents of both East Siberian forests and the Manchurian region: large ungulates (roe deer, wapiti, wild boar) and forest dwellers (chipmunk, squirrel, wolf, fox, brown bear, sable, elk). Over 290 species of birds have been recorded, both
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The plains section of the reserve exhibit Far Eastern forest-steppe type terrain, typically sedge, reed grass, and mixed grass meadows interspersed with islands of birch forest. The mountainous section exhibits Far East broad-leaf forest terrain.
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The reserve currently runs a volunteer program for groups willing to help with conservation activities in the field. The main office, which also has a small nature museum and wildlife nursery open to the public, is in the town of Arkhara.
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waterfowl for the wetland habitats and predators of the forests. The most common fish in the lakes are carp, minnow and loach, in the rivers the most common fish are grayling.
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mountains. In particular, Khingan Reserve was created to protect steppe and forest-steppe landscapes, and nesting sites of the endangered
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rocks. The mountain section averages 200–400 meters in height, with the highest point (Mount Erakticha) being 504 meters in altitude.
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Kottek, M.; Grieser, J.; Beck, C.; Rudolf, B.; Rubel, F. (2006).
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part because the area was not glaciated in the latest Ice Age.
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Photo gallery of activity at the Khingham Nature Reserve
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List of Russian Nature Reserves (class 1a 'zapovedniks')
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)
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Map of Khingan Nature Reserve on ProtectedPlanet.net
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Index

Russian
IUCN category
strict nature reserve

Map showing the location of Khingan Nature Reserve
Amur Oblast
Arkhara
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hectares
acres
sq mi
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)
http://www.khingan.ru/
Ramsar Wetland
Russian
zapovednik
Amur River
Russian Far East
Lesser Khingan
Red-crowned crane
White-naped crane
Arkharinsky District
Amur Oblast
Amur meadow steppe
KΓΆppen climate classification
(Dwb)


List of Russian Nature Reserves (class 1a 'zapovedniks')
"Khingano-Arkharinskaya Lowland"

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