UNESCO
Nature Reserve
Barguzinsky
Russia
RussiaSable · Baikal seal
See parkKnown as "the Siberian Iceland" for its concentration of waterfalls and volcanic plateaux; it holds the largest wild reindeer migration in the world
Area
18,872 km²
Protection category
IUCN Ia
Reserva natural estricta —
Designated in
1988
Made a zapovednik (strict nature reserve) in 1988 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2010, the Putorana Plateau is nicknamed "the Siberian Iceland" for its extraordinary concentration of waterfalls — over a hundred documented — and its plateaux of volcanic basalt. It is crossed each year by the largest wild reindeer migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of animals moving across the plateau in one of the greatest land migrations of mammals documented on the planet, comparable in scale to that of the African wildebeest.
Ecosystems found in Russia, where Putorana Plateau lies.
Which other parks are like this one?
Same country: Russia
Same country: Russia
Same country: Russia
Same country: Russia
Based on what we already know about this park.
Region
Siberia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Climate
Tropical, Temperate, Polar / cold
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