North Ossetia Nature Reserve
The North Ossetia Reserve has a terrain that steep mountain slopes and deep river valleys.The reserve is bounded on the north by foothills and steppes running down to the town of Alagir, on the east by further north-slope river valleys, on the south by the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, and on the west by Alaniya National Park.Typical trees on the lower north slopes are beech and hornbeam (replaced by birch and maple at higher levels), with undergrowth of elderberry, Caucasian bilberry, and Rhododendron.Species that are characteristic of the Circumboreal region (mouse, roe deer, brook trout, golden eagle, etc.)Tickets may be purchased at the entrance points, and tourists must stay on the prescribed routes and leave the same day.
RussianIUCN categorystrict nature reserveNorth Ossetia-AlaniaVladikavkazhectaressq miMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)zapovednikCaucasus MountainsArdon RiverAlagirsky DistrictAlagirAlaniya National ParkCaucasus mixed forestsBlack SeaCaspian SeaHumid continental climate, cool summerKöppen climate classificationNational Parks of RussiaSkalisty RangeLateral RangeMain Caucasian RangeNature reserves of Russia (class Ia 'Zapovedniks') Kandalaksha Kerzhinski Kivach Kostomuksha Lapland Nizhnesvirsky Pasvik Pinega Polistovsky Rdeysky Belogorye Bryansk Forest Central Forest Central Tsernozemsky DarwinGalichya Gora Kaluzhskiye Zaseki KhopyorKologrivsky Nurgush Prioksko-Terrasny Voronezh Voronina Astrakhan Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski Chyornye Zemli Rostov Caucasus Dagestan Teberda Kabardino-Balkarski Basegi Bashkirski Mordovski OrenburgPrivolzhskaya Lesostep Prisursky Shaytan-Tau Shulgan-Tash Vishera Vosshko-Kamisky Zhiguili Denezhkin Kamen East Ural Ilmen Little Sosva Nenets Pechoro-Ilych South Ural Upper Taz Visim Altai Baikalsky Barguzin Baykal-Lena Central Siberia Dauriya Dzherginsky Great Arctic Katun Khakasski Kuznetsk Alatau Putorana Sayano-Shushenski Sokhondo Stolby Taymyr Tigirekskiy Tunguska Ubsunur Hollow Vitim Yugansky Bastak Bolon Bolshekhekhtsirsky Botcha Bureya Dalnevostochny Morskoy Dzhugdzursky Kedrovaya Pad Khanka Khingan Komandor Komsomolsk Koryak Kronotsky Kurils Lazovsky Lena Delta Magadan Olyokma Poronaysky Sikhote-Alin Ussurisky Wrangel Island