Bugyly Nature Reserve

Bugyly Nature Reserve (Бұғылы қорықшасы) is a protected area in the Kazakh Uplands, Kazakhstan. Administratively it is located in the Shet District of the Karaganda Region.

Description
The Bugyly Nature Reserve protected area covers 8500 ha of the Bugyly and Zhaksy Tagyly ranges. The landscape is made up of flat or undulating steppe, as well as two mountain ranges of moderate altitude. The vegetation includes low shrub and grasses, such as meadowsweet, Siberian peashrub, wormwood and feather grass. In the narrow river gorges birch, aspen, willow and raspberry thickets may be found. Among the animals protected by the reserve, the roe deer, deer, hare, badger, wolf, fox, grouse and partridge deserve mention.