Protected areas of Turkmenistan

Nature reserves

• Repetek Nature Reserve, in Lebap Province, East Karakum Desert, near Amu Darya. Created in 1927 for study and preservation of a sand-desert ecosystem. Area 346 km².
• Hazar Nature Reserve, on the south-east coast of the Caspian Sea, in Balkan Province. Area 2,690 km².
• Bathyz Nature Reserve, in Mary Province, between Kushka and Tejen rivers. Created in 1941 for the protection of the Badkhyz Plateau ecosystem. Area 877 km².
• Köpetdag Nature Reserve, in the central part of the Kopetdag Range. Created in 1976 for the protection of indigenous flora and fauna. Area 497 km².
• Sünt-Hasardag Nature Reserve, in South-West Kopetdag. Created in 1977 for the restoration and study of indigenous flora and fauna. Area 303 km².
• Gaplaňgyr Nature Reserve, at the border with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the north-west. Created in 1979 for the protection and restoration of indigenous flora and fauna of the Kaplkankyr Plateau and surrounding areas of Northern Turkmenistan. Area 2,822 km².
• Amyderýa Nature Reserve, in the north-east of Lebap Province on the Amu Darya. Created in 1982 with an area of 495 km².
• Köýtendag Nature Reserve, at the extreme east of the country, in the Köýtendag Range. Created in 1986 with an area of 271.4 km².
• Bereketli Garagum Nature Reserve, created in 2013.

  Sanctuaries

• Chemenibit
• Kyzyldzhar
• Pulkhatyn
• Meana-Chaаcha
• Kurykhovdan
• Syunt-Khasardag
• Sarykamysh
• Shasenem
• Kelif Sanctuary
• Khodzhabuzhybelent
• Khodzhapil
• Karlyuk
• Hojagarawul Sanctuary
• Ogurchinskiy