Touran Wildlife Refuge
Iran /
Khorasan /
Sabzevar /
World
/ Iran
/ Khorasan
/ Sabzevar
, 139 km from center (سبزوار)
World / Iran / Semnan
park, nature conservation park / area
site :
www.iew.ir/1391/06/09/941
Turan is home to one of the largest populations of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. There were about 12-15 of these charismatic cats in the National Park area. Occasional reports of females with cubs indicate a breeding and perhaps growing population. On late December 2014, four new cheetahs have been spotted by camera traps.[2] Another four new individuals consisting of a female and her three cubs had been reported in January 2015 after another eleven new Asiatic cheetahs were spotted a month before,[3] and an additional eight cheetahs had been spotted in July 2015.[4] With the increasing numbers of cheetahs in Khar Turan, there is an estimated population between 39 and 42 cheetahs.
In addition, Khar Turan has the largest population of Persian onager and two species of gazelles, the goitered gazelle and the Indian gazelle, both in good numbers. There are also wild sheep and wild goats in the reserve.
www.iew.ir/1391/06/09/941
Turan is home to one of the largest populations of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. There were about 12-15 of these charismatic cats in the National Park area. Occasional reports of females with cubs indicate a breeding and perhaps growing population. On late December 2014, four new cheetahs have been spotted by camera traps.[2] Another four new individuals consisting of a female and her three cubs had been reported in January 2015 after another eleven new Asiatic cheetahs were spotted a month before,[3] and an additional eight cheetahs had been spotted in July 2015.[4] With the increasing numbers of cheetahs in Khar Turan, there is an estimated population between 39 and 42 cheetahs.
In addition, Khar Turan has the largest population of Persian onager and two species of gazelles, the goitered gazelle and the Indian gazelle, both in good numbers. There are also wild sheep and wild goats in the reserve.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°22'58"N 56°28'19"E
- Daruneh Protected Area 57 km
- Sabri Plain 57 km
- Parvand protected area 72 km
- black saxaul Forest 74 km
- sabzgaba forest 76 km
- Nobahar Alluvial Fan 139 km
- Shirahmad Wildlife Refuge 142 km
- Helali Protected Area 184 km
- Binalood Mountain Range, 3310 m 242 km
- Chahe tahghighat reaserch center 253 km
- Peyghanbar Mountain 21 km
- Touran-e sharghi Salt Lake 31 km
- Touran Alluvial Fan 38 km
- Touran-e markazi Salt lake 47 km
- Dasht-e Laghri Wildlife Refuge - Iranian blond crow (Persian ground jay ) habitat. 56 km
- Touran-e Junubi Salt Lake 63 km
- Shiva salt lake 94 km
- Vasat Namak Salt Lake 120 km
- Bardaskan Playa 141 km
- Ferdows County (NorthWestern Region) 175 km
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