The Balkhans: Unique Collection of island flora

Big Balhan is a mountain island among endless plains of the Karakums.The richness of colours of natural landscapes leaves wonderful and bright impressions.Mountain trails lead from the stone bags through the gorges with steep slopes of screes to the spaces of huge plateau that crowns the range.

The highest point of the Balkhan, the Arlan Mountain is located on 1,800 meters above the sea level.Mountain ranges sharply contrast with surrounding desert plains not only by the landscape and microclimate but also by biodiversity.

The most valuable island structure of flora and fauna, each species of which is unique in its own way, is preserved there and it can rightly be considered as a message ...

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