Bogdo Baskuntschak Nature Reserve
 
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The Bogdo Baskunchak Nature Reserve ( Russian Богдинско-Баскунчакский заповедник , Bogdinsko-Baskuntschakski sapowednik ) is a protected area near the Baskunchak Lake in southwest Russia on the border with Kazakhstan . The reserve covers 185 square kilometers of semi-desert and arid steppe areas. A characteristic feature of the landscape is, besides the lake, which is the largest salt lake in Russia, the 200 m high hill Bolshoye Bogdo .
Large herds of saiga antelopes cross the protected area on their migrations and are hunted by wolves. Further animal species are the young cranes , golden eagles, steppe eagles, red foxes, steppe foxes and golden jackals. Sometimes even moose and deer from the wetlands of the Volga invade the reserve.
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- William Riley, Laura Riley: Nature's Strongholds. The World's Great Wildlife Reserves. Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-12219-9
Web links
Bogdo-Baskuntschak nature reserve on wild-russia.org
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 42 " N , 46 ° 52 ′ 50" E