Arevik National Park
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| Location: | Syunik , Armenia | ||
| Surface: | 344 km² | ||
| Founding: | 2009 | ||
The Arevik National Park located in southern Armenia and was proclaimed the year of 2009.
With an area of 344 km², it is the largest protected area in Armenia.
The park includes the Boghakar Reserve and borders the Shikahogh Reserve in the northeast and the newly created Sangesur Reserve in the northwest . The vegetation is very diverse and consists of deciduous forests, open forest landscapes, subalpine grasslands, semi-deserts and mountain steppes . The threatened animal species that should be protected in the national park include the Persian leopard , wild goat , Armenian mouflon , brown bear , otter , Caspian king grouse and Caucasian black grouse .
Web links
- Arevik on Caucasus Naturefond
- Protected area on discoverarmenia
- WWF: Road construction project stopped by Armenia's protected area
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- Nazik Khanjyan: Specially Protected Nature Areas of Armenia. Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan 2004 online PDF .
- ↑ Zhanna Galyan: Assistance to Establishment of New Specially Protected Natural Area “Arevik” in Southern Armenia. CEPF FINAL PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT ( online PDF ( memento of the original from June 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Nugzar Zazanashvili, Karen Manvelyan, Elshad Askerov, Vladimir Krever, Sedat Kalem, Başak Avcıoğlu, Siranush Galstyan, Roman Mnatsekanov and Maka Bitsadze: Territorial Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus in Status and Protection of Globally threatened Species in the Caucasus. CEPF Biodiversity Investments in the Caucasus Hotspot 2004-2009. Edited by Nugzar Zazanashvili and David Mallon (2009). online PDF
- ↑ Zhanna Galyan: Assistance to Establishment of New Specially Protected Natural Area “Arevik” in Southern Armenia. CEPF FINAL PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT ( online PDF ( memento of the original from June 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
