Amudarya reserve of Turkmenistan: history and present

Gorchakova Alfiya Yunerovna, Gorchakova Liliya Valer'evna, Kalyazina Nataliya Yurievna, Stolyarov Vladimir Alekseevich, Yakushkina Margarita Nikolaevna, Sadykov Himrakuly Ahmedzhanovich

The short description of the Amudarya national park is provided in article. The Amudarya national park is created in 1982. The reserve is included into structure of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on environmental protection and land resources, studies a biodiversity of ecosystems of the region. The core of the Amudarya reserve is located in a northeast part of Lebap Region of Turkmenistan on the area of forty eight thousand hectares, occupying the territory within three etraps – Birat, Seydinsky and Farapsky, includes certain sites. The Kelifsky state natural wildlife area occupying the space of 103 thousand hectares in the territory of the Etraps of Halachsky and Atamurat is under authority of the reserve. The wildlife area is formed for protection of the important area of a wintering of wetland birds and all natural complex of Kelifsky lakes. Here 227 species of the higher vascular plants, several hundreds of species of invertebrates, 43 species of fishes, 2 amphibiouses, 29 reptiles, 247 birds (from them 105 nesting), 42 mammals are presented.

Keywords:flora, fauna, Amudarya reserve, Turkmenistan.