Gov-Altai Sights

  1. Alag Khairkhan Nature Reserve

    Alag Khairkhan Nature Reserve (36,400 hectares) Protected Altai habitat with rare plants, snow leopards, argali and ibex

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  2. Eej Khairkhan Nature Reserve

    Eej Khairkhan Nature Reserve (22,475 hectares) About 150km directly south of Altai, the reserve was created to protect the general environment

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  3. Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area

    Divided into 'Gobi A' (Southern Altai Gobi) and 'Gobi B' (Dzungarian Gobi). Gobi A is over 4.4 million hectares in the southern part of the aimag; Gobi B is 881,000 hectares in the southwest of Gov-Altai and neighbouring Khovd. Together, the area is the fourth-largest biosphere reserve in the world and protects wild ass, Gobi bears, wild Bactrian camels and jerboas, among other endangered animals.

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  4. Khasagt Khairkhan Strictly Protected Area

    Khasagt Khairkhan Strictly Protected Area (27,448 hectares) The area protects endangered argali sheep and the Mongol Altai mountain environment.

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  5. Sharga Nature Reserve

    Like the Mankhan Natural Reserve in Khovd aimag, it helps to preserve highly endangered species of antelope.

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  6. Takhiin Tal

    150,000 hectares on the border of the northern section of Gobi B (Dzungarian Gobi). Takhi (the Mongolian wild horse) have been reintroduced into the wild here since 1996 through the Research Station. Experts hope they will survive and flourish in this remote area of the Gobi.

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