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In 1993 Russia protected the Tuvan parts of
Ubsunur Hollow as the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Nature Biosphere Reserve. In 1995 Greenpeace Russia prepared its proposal to nominate Ubsunur Hollow, in conjunction with Mongolia, as
794:, have had little impact on the landscape and have allowed the ecosystem to remain relatively free from the negative effects that human presence can impose. Both the Russian and the Mongolian parts of the hollow are home to
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ruins, which are situated on an islet in the
Russian part of Tere-Khol' Lake, suggested that the enclosure was built around the middle of the second half of the 8th century, under the
485:. Uvs Lake is a shallow lake with an area of 3,350 km (1,290 sq mi). Its entire basin, which includes several smaller lakes, is 70,000 km (27,000 sq mi).
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lake of the basin, lies, like Uvs Lake, on the
Russian-Mongolian border. The more eastern part of the Uvs Lake drainage basin extends, in the north, to the Sengilen ridge of the
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zone. An area of 10,560 km (4,080 sq mi), around three quarters of which lies in
Mongolia, was designated
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separates, in part, the Uvs and Üüreg lake basins. The south-western tip of the Uvs Lake Basin covers most of the
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forms the southern border of Uvs Lake's drainage basin. West of the Uvs Lake Basin lies the endorheic basin of
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The population density is low in the
Ubsunur Hollow. It is populated almost exclusively by the nomadic
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region — part of a combination of raised lands and depressions. Here the world's most northern
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in 2003. The
Mongolian part of the lake and its immediate surroundings were further adopted as
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The Uvs Lake Basin World
Heritage Site, designated as 769rev in 2003, includes:
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Ubsunur Hollow was nominated for inclusion in Russia's second
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Russian
Federation Legislative Survey: June 1990-December 1993
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Ubsu-Nur
Accepted into World Network of Biosphere Reserves
2089:"Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation (Tuva) & Mongolia"
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Ubsunur Hollow
Reserve (Tuva) was awarded international
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Archaeological searches carried out in 2007–2008 on the
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Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
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is also present, as well as taiga dwellers such as the
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2091:. United Nations Environment Programme. Archived from
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status in 1998, as a step toward protecting Southern
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mountainous regions. Here, the world's most northern
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1160:Core area: 3,661 km (1,414 sq mi)
1067:Buffer zone: 1,708 km (659 sq mi)
1064:Core area: 8,981 km (3,468 sq mi)
1032:Buffer zone: 2,285 km (882 sq mi)
976:Conservation instruments for the Uvs Lake Basin
684:range, and includes the north-eastern slopes of
3126:Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of Sviyazhsk
3025:Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
1313:in Central Asia where up to 40,000 unexcavated
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3030:Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
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2176:UNESCO Collection on Google Arts and Culture
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1029:Core area: 558 km (215 sq mi)
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16:Endorheic basin in Tuva, Russia and Mongolia
3015:Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea
2192:at Natural Heritage Protection Fund website
2034:"Letter from Siberia: Fortress of Solitude"
1225:Area: 5,850 km (2,260 sq mi)
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1309:) in 1995 as "one of the largest intact
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1975:. Centre for Ecological Sciences of the
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2885:Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
2141:"Southern Siberia Hotspot in the Taiga"
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1973:"Russia's First World Heritage Site"
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2143:. Tiaga News. 1998. Archived from
19:Place in Tuva, Russia and Mongolia
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935:. Desert inhabitants include the
488:Uvs Lake Basin may also refer to
3321:World Heritage Sites in Mongolia
3206:World Heritage Sites in Mongolia
3165:Shared with nine other countries
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3311:Biosphere reserves of Mongolia
3217:Great Burghan Khaldun Mountain
2865:World Heritage Sites in Russia
923:. Steppe dwellers include the
786:and cattle breeders living in
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3306:Biosphere reserves of Russia
2916:Historic Centre of Yaroslavl
2042:. Vol. 63, no. 6.
1920:"Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia"
1810:), bulk of the Uvs Lake zone
801:cattle herders, who live in
384:and its surrounding wetlands
1977:Indian Institute of Science
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959:Uvs Nuur Hollow (satellite)
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951:Conservation instruments
643:. More to the east, the
3301:Depressions of Mongolia
2388:Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski
1375:Vodlozero National Park
1293:-dominated ecosystems.
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3281:Mongolia–Russia border
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2954:Volcanoes of Kamchatka
2728:Dalnevostochny Morskoy
2475:Privolzhskaya Lesostep
1350:Volcanoes of Kamchatka
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222: • Protected
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326:Natural: (ix)(x)
3005:Ferapontov Monastery
2944:Landscapes of Dauria
2934:Central Sikhote-Alin
2317:Central Tsernozemsky
2117:"The Uvs Nuur Basin"
1713:Tsagan-Shibetu ridge
1619:), northern part of
1319:archaeological sites
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869:, treeless steppes,
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664:Tsagan-Shibetu ridge
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67:Show map of Mongolia
3052:Struve Geodetic Arc
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1303:World Heritage Site
1297:World Heritage Site
1260:Tannu-Ola Mountains
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214: • Total
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