Putorana nature reserve
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Putorana Nature Reserve. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2020. |
| Putorana nature reserve | |
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 View of the Putorana plateau | |
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| Location | Russia |
| Coordinates | 68°52′34″N 94°46′39″E / 68.87611°N 94.77750°E |
| Area | 1,887,252 ha |
The Putorana nature reserve ( Путоранский заповедник ) is a nature reserve of State located in Russian Federation owned since August 2010 in the list of World Heritage prepared by the UNESCO. It is located in the northwestern part of the Central Siberian Plateau and includes the Putorana Plateau . It covers an area of 1,887,252 hectares of which 1,773,300 are monitored. Its headquarters are in Norilsk.
Reserve missions
- Nature conservation and protection composed of lakes, mountain ranges and taïga
- Protection and study of its flora
- Protection and study of its fauna, including certain animals, such as the Snow sheep ( Ovis nivicola borealis ), are listed in the Russian Red Book of endangered species. Conservation and study of the wild reindeer population , the number of which is the largest in the world here.
World Heritage
The territory of the nature reserve was registered in August 2010 in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO, for this isolated area of high plateau and mountains is ideal for studying the ecosystem arctic and subarctic, such as taïgataiga , the semi-wooded tundra, or the arctic desert. The lakes and rivers in the area offer an example of a natural system untouched by humans and are another reason for the inscription of the territory as World Heritage, as well as the migrations of the wild reindeer that we observe here.
