Natural reserves of Bashkortostan. Shulgan-Tash

For the upcoming summer vacation it is customary to preparein advance, mobilizing financial resources and plunging into pleasant expectations from the forthcoming trip to distant countries. And there is no time to think about the fact that it is not necessary to get a Schengen visa in order to be able to admire the natural beauties that are in no way inferior to the Swiss. For this, it is enough to pay attention to the reserves of Bashkortostan.

In the Southern Urals

The nature of the middle band in which theRepublic of Bashkortostan, is distinguished by its visual expressiveness and significant landscape diversity. The climate here, despite its sharply continental nature, is quite comfortable for most Russians. The Urals is traditionally an industrial region, and this circumstance negatively affects the state of the environment. But to overcome this situation, numerous natural reserves of Bashkortostan were created. In these territories, nature is reliably protected from any anthropogenic impact. But no one is going to impede the access of civilized tourists to the reserves of Bashkortostan. Recreational potential of the Southern Urals is quite high, and it should be properly implemented.

Nature park and reserves of Bashkortostan

On the significant territory of the republiclimited free access, it does not allow construction and any economic and economic activities. Reserves of Bashkortostan, and there are only three of them in the republic - Shulgan-Tash, Bashkirsky and South Ural, accept visitors throughout the four seasons of the year. But still, the main goal of their existence is to preserve and increase the relict flora and fauna of the South Ural region. Besides them, there is also a natural park "Bashkiria" in the republic. The priority direction of its activities is tourism.

Reserves of the Republic of Bashkortostan occupya total area of ​​407 thousand hectares. On their arrangement and maintenance significant material and financial resources are spent both from the republican and federal budgets.

South Ural Reserve

This territory, existing in the regime of the reservesince July 1978, is located on the border of the Republic of Bashkortostan and is partially located in the Chelyabinsk region. The purpose of the reserve was to protect and study the mountain taiga ecosystems of the Southern Urals. And the place for this task was chosen quite suitable. The whole territory of the reserve is characterized by a strongly crossed terrain. Several mountain ranges converge here at once and the highest point of the Southern Urals is Mount Big Yamantau. There is no fixed organized tourist activity on the territory of the South Ural Reserve. Visit him, as a rule, privately.

Reserve "Bashkir"

It is one of the oldest protectednatural territories not only in Bashkortostan, but throughout the Russian Federation. The reserve "Bashkirsky" was founded in 1929 by a special decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the Bashkir ASSR.

The main territory of the Bashkir StateReserve is located in the forest zone of the southern slopes of the Ural range. For this zone, relict forest tracts are typical, consisting of both deciduous and light coniferous tree species. Some natural objects on the territory of the reserve are rightfully classified as particularly significant. This is, first of all, South Krak, the place where unique forms of flora grow and find the organic remains of the Silurian period. And also has a cultural and ethnographic significance of the natural monument Bashard Sharyazh.

Shulgan-Tash

Each reserve in Bashkortostan has its owndistinctive features. One of the most significant and well-known far beyond the borders of the republic is the Shulgan-Tash nature reserve. Its territory was separated into an independent existence in 1986 from the Bashkir reserve.

The purpose of creating a new reserve was to study andpreservation of unique ecosystems of the Southern Urals. It is due to the fact that in this area there are both characteristic and unique natural plant forms that other reserves of Bashkortostan do not have.

"Shulgan-Tash" is the name of the rock massif on thethe extensive canopy of the western slope of the Ural range. This toponym gave the name to the whole reserve. The mountain slope on which it is located is the watershed of the Belaya and Nugush rivers. Visiting the unique karst caves and rocks of Shulgan-Tasha is included in the compulsory program of many tourist routes. The name of this rock massif is known far beyond the borders of the republic, and the photos of the Shulgan-Tash rocks are decorated with many tourist publications and advertising brochures. This is one of the visual images of Bashkortostan.

Natural Park "Bashkiria"

This vast territory, located on thesouth-western slopes of the Ural range and functioning in the regime of the national park. It differs from the usual reserve in that its recreational operation is a priority area of ​​activity.

The national nature park "Bashkiria" waswas founded on September 11, 1986. It takes tourists in all four seasons of the year. The total annual number of tourists here exceeds thirty thousand, and this figure has a steady tendency to increase.

A promising and evolving"Bashkiria" is winter tourism. The gentle mountain slopes are ideal for downhill and slalom. It is necessary to build lifts and equip ski bases with the appropriate infrastructure. The total area of ​​the park is 92 thousand hectares, and some of the land is in economic use, they were not withdrawn from agricultural traffic after the foundation of the natural park. The most attractive for tourists are karst caves. The greatest number of them is concentrated in the Kutuk tract. A good fishing is provided in the Nugush reservoir and on the Belaya river.