🌿 Western Caucasus

Russian Federation · Europe · Natural · 44.00°N, 40.00°E

Caucasus Nature Reserve is a Russian zapovednik covering a heavily mountainous section of the Northwest Caucasus Mountains. It is the largest and oldest in the territory of specially protected natural area in the Caucasus, having been created in 1924 as the Caucasian Bison Reserve. In 1979, the site was named a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and in 1999 included in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2008 it was officially renamed after Khachatur (Christopher) G. Shaposhnikova the biologist who founded the reserve. The area is situated in the Mostovsky District of Krasnodar Krai, covering an area of 280,335 ha.

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Quick facts

Country	Russian Federation
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	44.00°N, 40.00°E · view on map

Western Caucasus is a natural World Heritage site in Russian Federation, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Western Caucasus was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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