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Golden Mountains of Altai
| Site number: | 768 |
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| Type of site: | Natural | |
| Date: | - | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1998 | |
| Location: | Eurasia, Russian Federation, 450 km southwest of Novosibirsk, in the Altai Republic | |
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| Description: | The major mountain range in the western Siberia biogeographic region is formed by the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia, they supply the source of its greatest rivers – the Ob and the Irtysh. The inscription includes three separate areas: Altaisky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Lake Teletskoye; Katunsky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Mount Belukha; and the Ukok plateau’s Ukok Quiet Zone; totaling an area of 1,611,457 ha. The region embodies central Siberia’s most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones, from steppe, forest-steppe, mixed forest, subalpine vegetation to alpine vegetation. In addition the site is a significant area of habitation for endangered animal species such as the snow leopard. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
| Golden Mountains of Altai is the name of an UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of the Altai and Katun Natural Reserves, Lake Teletskoye, Belukha Mountain, and the Ukok Plateau. As stated in the UNESCO description of the site, "the region represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia, from steppe, forest-steppe, mixed forest, subalpine vegetation to alpine vegetation". While making its decision, UNESCO also cited Russian Altai's importance for preservation of the globally endangered mammals, such as snow leopard and the Altai argali. The site covers a vast area of 16,175 km². --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/768 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |