UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory

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			Biosphere Reserve Information
			Mongolia UVS NUUR BASIN


	General Description
	Major ecosystem type		Mixed mountain and highland systems
	Major habitats & land cover types		Cold-desert; semi-desert; desert steppe; taiga; tundra; alpine mountain zones; salty marshes, sand dunes; flood plain forest; wetlands; salt lake
	Location		52°31' to 52°43'N, 92°28' to 92°48'E (Uvs Nuur unit) 49°39' to 49°51'N, 91°19' to 91°39'E (Turgen Uul unit) 49°45' to 50°29'N, 94°23' to 95°35'E (Altan Els unit) 50°12' to 50°23'N, 90°24' to 91°20'E (Tsaagan Shovod unit)
	Area (hectares)
	Total		771,700
	Core area(s)		366,080 (Uvs Nuur unit: 338,840 (of which Uvs Nuur Lake: 335,000); Turgen Uul unit: 5,200; Altan Els unit: 16,800; and Tsaagan Shovod unit: 5,240)
	Buffer zone(s)		405,620 (Uvs Nuur unit: 88,160; Turgen Uul unit: 139,900; Altan Els unit: 160,800; and Tsaagan Shovod unit: 16,760)
	Transition area(s) when given		Undefined surrounding area
	Altitude (metres above sea level)		+759 to +3,966
	Year designated		1997
	Administrative authorities		Administration of Uvs Nuur Center (UNC)

	Brief description		One of the IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme) study areas for global change research Research on hoofed animals, rodents and birds Wetland ecosystems
	*Specific variables...*
	Abiotic		Global change.
	Biodiversity		Birds, mammals, wetlands.
	Socio-economic		n.a.
	Integrated monitoring		n.a.

	Contact address		M. Ankhbayar Ministry for Nature and Environment Box: Ulaangom Soum - 185. Ubs province Ulaangom Mongolia
	Telephone		(976) 99453966
	Fax		(976) 01455222184
	E-mail		Delhiinovuvsnuur@mn@yahoo.com

	Contact address		N. Mandakh Ministry for Nature and Environment Box: Hudaldaani gudamj, Baga Toiruu 44, Government Building 3 Ulaanbaatar 11 Mongolia
	Telephone		(976.11) 326 617
	Fax		(97611) 321 401
	E-mail		monenv@mail.mn epa@magicnet.mn

			n.a.

Last updated: 10/12/2007