Turian-Chay State Reserve

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Turian-Chay State Reserve or Turyanchay State Reserve was established on the area of 126.3 square kilometres in 1958 for the purposes of protection and restoration of arid forest complexes in Bozdagh and prevention of erosion processes in the mountainous slopes. [1]

The reserve area was expanded to 225 kmĀ² in January of 2003. Three types of juniper (flavor, red and polycarpous ), Georgian oak, cud, pomegranate, etc, can be found in the reserve. It also has 24 species of mammals, 112 birds, 20 reptiles and 3 Amphibians. [2]

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