Biosphere Reserve Information
Russian Federation
Sokhondinskiy
1984
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Sokhondinskiy Biosphere Reserve is situated 25 km north of the Mongolian border and occupies the isolated mountain massif of Sokhondo (2,508 meters above sea level) which is the highest part of the Khente-Chkoi plateau. Here, major rivers of the Baikal-Amur watershed have their source. Within the biosphere reserve, two biogeographic provinces meet: the East Siberian Taiga and Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe. There is a series of altitudinal vegetation belts with a steppe, taiga, alpine meadows and high mountain tundra.
About 6,000 people live in three settlements in the transition area (1997) who are mainly engaged in agriculture, forestry, cattle breeding, hunting and fishing. Poaching increased during the political transition period. A management plan of the biosphere reserve foresees measures such as the strict protection of the core area and buffer zone, fire protection, the establishment and support of experimental plots and the reparation of roads and shelters.
Administrative Authorities
Director of Sokhondinskiy Zapovednik, reporting to the Federal Committee on Natural Resources and Ecology
Contact
Contact Address
Telephone
Sokhondinskiy Biosphere Reserve, 1 Cherkasova street, Settlement Kyra, 674250 Chitinskaya Oblast, Russian Federation
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Website
Location
Latitude
49°28'00''N - 49°53'00''N
Longitude
110°31'00''E - 111°29'00''E
Area (hectares)
Surface Area
347,000
Core Area
211,000
Buffer Area
36,000
Transition Area
100,000
Map
Last updated: 2007