The Badai Tugai Nature Reserve is located at the banks of the
Amu Darya river
The Amu Darya ( ),() also shortened to Amu and historically known as the Oxus ( ), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Ku ...
in Uzbekistan. It was founded in 1971 on 6400 ha and is the only Nature Reserve in the republic of
Karakalpakstan
Karakalpakstan, officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, is an autonomous republic and part of Uzbekistan. It spans the northwestern portion of Uzbekistan. Its capital is Nukus (' / ). Karakalpakstan has an area of , and has a population of a ...
. The reserve contains riparian vegetation, including poplar forests and is home of 91 species of birds and 21 species of mammals. Among them is the rare
Bactrian deer
The Bactrian deer (''Cervus hanglu bactrianus''), also called the Bukhara deer, Bokhara deer, or Bactrian wapiti, is a lowland subspecies of Central Asian red deer native to Central Asia. It is similar in ecology to the related Yarkand deer (' ...
.
[Gustave Gintzburger, K.N. Toderich, B.K. Mardonov, M. Mahmudov: ''Rangelands of the Arid and Semi-arid Zones in Uzbekistan.'' 2003, ASIN: B005IWN3K4]
References
Protected areas of Uzbekistan