Formed: April 16, 1932.
area: 881 238 hectares, including the waters of Lake Teletskoye - 11757 hectares.
The main ecosystems: Siberian taiga, lakes, midlands and
Formed: April 16, 1932.
area: 881 238 hectares, including the waters of Lake Teletskoye - 11757 hectares.
The main ecosystems: Siberian taiga, lakes, midlands and lowlands taiga, subalpine and alpine middle and high mountains, tundra-steppe highland tundra middle and high mountains, glacial-nival highlands.
Location: Reserve is located in the north-eastern part of the Altai Republic, on the territory of Turachakskiy and Ulagan areas.
Central Estate Reserve is located in the village of Yaylyu head office - in the city of Gorno-Altaisk, the capital of the Altai Republic.
Altai State Nature Reserve - a unique specially protected natural territory of Russia, the object of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, includes a portion of the waters of Lake Teletskoye - the pearl of the Altai Mountains, the "little lake" Western Siberia.
Is one of the first places among the Russian reserves on Biological Diversity.
The main purpose of the reserve - to save precious and rare beauty of Lake Teletskoye, its landscapes, protection of cedar forests, salvation is on the verge of extinction important game animals - sable, elk, deer, and others, as well as
permanent inpatient study of the nature of the region as a whole.
Altai Reserve also ensures the preservation and study of natural processes and phenomena, genetic fund of flora and fauna, species and communities of plants and animals, typical and unique ecological systems.
According to geomorphological zoning the entire territory of the reserve belongs to the Altai province in the country "Mountains of southern Siberia."
Along the borders of the reserve has high ranges in the north - Abakan (2890 m above sea level. M.), In the south - Chikhacheva (3021 m above sea level. M.), In the East - Shapshalskogo (3507 m above sea level. M.).
area bounded on the west by river valleys Chulyshman, Karak and Teletskoye Lake.
Altai Reserve is located in the center of the Altai-Sayan mountain country.
This vast area of??mountains, pine forests, alpine meadows and mountain tundra, turbulent rivers and lakes stretches for 230 kilometers.
The reserve territory gradually rises in the south-east.
Throughout the mountains springs, streams with clean, tasty and cold water.
In the watershed to pay the usual alpine lakes.
The biggest of them - Dzhulukul, more than 10 kilometers long;
it is located at the headwaters Chulyshman, at an altitude of 2200 meters.
Dzhulukul lake - a unique reservoir of Altai Reserve, habitat, nesting various representatives of the world of birds, spawning of valuable fish species of the Altai Mountains.
All mountain lakes Altai Reserve (occupy the whole area of??15 thousand. Km2) are very beautiful, with emerald blue clear water, picturesque beaches.
The most common tree species in the Altai Reserve are: cedar, fir, larch, spruce, pine, birch.
Pure pine high mountain forests - the pride of the reserve.
Cedars here reach 1.8 meters in diameter and the age of 400-450 years.
In general, a rich and diverse flora of the reserve has 1,500 species of vascular plants, fungi - 111 species and 272 species of lichens.
Algae in the reserve 668 known species of lichens seven species included in the Red Book of Russia: pulmonary Laborie, Laborie mesh, stikta bordered etc...
The species composition of plants and animals is interesting for its diversity.
The complex topography with ele