Kuru-Kol Forest Reserve

Kuru-Kol Forest Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location Ala-Buka District, Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan
Area 348 ha
Established 1975

The Kuru-Kol Forest Reserve (or Kurukol Forest reserve) is located in Ala-Buka District of Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1975 with a purpose of conservation of Schrenk's Spruce (Picea schrenkiana). Among other trees growing in the forest reserve are wild ash, maple, hawthorn, barberry, etc. The forest reserve occupies 348 hectares.[1]

References

  1. Ошская область:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast] (in Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1987. p. 445.


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