Mankhan Nature Reserve is a reserve that lies mostly in Mankhan,

Khovd Province Khovd (; ), alternatively romanized as Khobhd, is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the west of the country. Its capital is also named Khovd. Khovd province is approximately 1,580 km from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's cap ...

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. The reserve stretches over and has been created in 1993 together with

Sharga Nature Reserve Sharga Nature Reserve () is a reserve in Sharga, Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of ...

to protect the endangered Mongolian saiga. In addition to these antelopes, there are also

goitered gazelle The goitered gazelle (''Gazella subgutturosa'') or black-tailed gazelle is a gazelle native to Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, parts of Iraq and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and in nort ...

References

* Mallon, D.P. and Kingswood, S.C. (compilers). (2001). ''Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans.'' SSC Antelope Specialist Group. IUCN, GLand, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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Mankhan Nature reserves in Mongolia {{Mongolia-geo-stub