The reserve lies 80 km south-east of the city of Kulob, at an altitude of 1,300–2,500 m above sea level, in the southern part of the Hazrati Shoh mountain range. It extends southwards to the river Panj which forms the border with Afghanistan. It contains three small mountain rivers and their valleys, which have a diverse vegetation of woody thickets and herbage. The floodplain of the Panj attracts large numbers of waterbirds.[2]
dashti, nature, reserve, dashti, tajik, Даштиҷум, also, spelt, dashtidjum, dashti, djum, nature, reserve, eastern, khatlon, region, southwest, tajikistan, tentative, list, world, heritage, sites, also, been, identified, birdlife, international, important, bird. Dashti Jum Tajik Dashtiҷum also spelt Dashtidjum or Dashti Djum is a 380 km2 nature reserve in eastern Khatlon Region in southwest Tajikistan It is on the tentative list of World Heritage Sites 1 and has also been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA 2 Description editThe reserve lies 80 km south east of the city of Kulob at an altitude of 1 300 2 500 m above sea level in the southern part of the Hazrati Shoh mountain range It extends southwards to the river Panj which forms the border with Afghanistan It contains three small mountain rivers and their valleys which have a diverse vegetation of woody thickets and herbage The floodplain of the Panj attracts large numbers of waterbirds 2 Birds editThe site qualifies as an IBA because it supports significant numbers of the populations of various bird species either as residents or as breeding or passage migrants These include Himalayan snowcocks common mergansers saker falcons Pallas s fish eagles cinereous vultures ibisbills pale backed pigeons yellow billed choughs Hume s larks sulphur bellied warblers wallcreepers white winged redstarts alpine accentors rufous streaked accentors brown accentors water pipits crimson winged finches and red mantled rosefinches 2 References edit State reserve Dashti Djum Unesco a b c Dashtidjum Important Bird Areas factsheet BirdLife International 2020 Retrieved 2020 10 15 37 37 43 N 70 04 50 E 37 62861 N 70 08056 E 37 62861 70 08056 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dashti Jum Nature Reserve amp oldid 1219437304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
