Geno Biosphere Reserve
The Geno Biosphere Reserve, with a total area of 27,500 hectares, situated in the Hormozgan province of Iran. It has been designated as a protected area by the Iranian Department of Environment in 1976.[2]
Geno has mountains as high as 3,000 meters above sea level, and in light of this, has a unique climatic and biosphere conditions within the Persian gulf region.
UNESCO reported about 40,300 people living within the boundaries of the biosphere reserve in 2000.[2]
Beside a number of hot springs situated in the area, flora and fauna include:[3][4][5]
- Flora: pomegranate, date palm, black maidenhair fern, caraway, common yarrow, pennyroyal, milkweed, primrose
- Fauna:
- mammals: gazelle, gray wolf, bear, fox, leopard, wild boar, hyena, jackal, rabbit,
- birds: grey partridge, eagle, falcon, Eurasian collared dove, see-see partridge, common wood pigeon, cinereous vulture, lark, pipit, common house martin, white-eared bulbul
See also
- International Network of Geoparks
- List of Geoparks
References
- ↑ "UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Directory".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Directory". Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ "Persian Wikipedia". Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ "IranDeserts Web Portal" (in Persian). Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ "IranDeserts Web Portal" (in Persian). Retrieved 20 August 2012.
External links
- Map on Wikimapia
- Medicinal plants of the Geno protected area
- Hormozgan Dept. of Environment info page
Coordinates: 27°23′N 56°07′E / 27.383°N 56.117°E
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