Bikin National Park
| Bikin National Park | |
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| Russian: Бикин | |
.jpg) Bikin River Valley | |
  Location of Park | |
| Location | Primorsky Krai |
| Nearest city | Khabarovsk |
| Coordinates | 46°40′N 136°00′E / 46.667°N 136.000°E |
| Area | 1,160,000 hectares (2,866,422 acres; 11,600 km2; 4,479 sq mi) |
| Established | 2015 |
| Governing body | FGBU "Bikin" |
Europe and North America | |
Bikin National Park (
Topography
The Bikin River flows west down the west slope of the central Sikhote-Alin, linking the
Recent reviews by park managers record 51 species of mammals (moose, wild boar, roe deer, red deer, musk deer, tiger, sable, mink, muskrat, Ussuri brown and Ussuri black bear, etc.) and 194 species of birds.
Climate and ecoregion
Bikin is in the Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion. The official climate designation for the Bikin area is "Humid continental climate - Cool summer subtype" (Köppen climate classification Dwb), with large seasonal temperature differentials, cool summers (warmest month less than 22 degrees C), and cold winters.[2]
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Park Developments
Along with nature conservation and eco-tourism, the park's infrastructure is being developed in ways designed to protect the forest-based lifestyle of the Udeghe and Nanai people. An estimated 600 indigenous inhabitants of the area live a traditional lifestyle of fishing, hunting, and gathering pine nuts. In the course of zoning the park for different uses (conservation, scientific study, eco-tourism, etc.), the government has committed to allowing 68% of the land to remain available for the traditional uses of the indigenous people.[3][4]
In 2018, the pre-existing "
See also
References
- ^ "In Russia, the National Park "Bikini"" (in Russian). World Wildlife Federation - Russia.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Climate Data, Khabarovsk". climate-data.org.
- ^ "November 10 - Bikin National Park". Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ "Directive Creating Bikin National Park". Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ "Bikin River Valley". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
