Ussurisky Nature Reserve
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Russian: Уссурийский заповедник (Also: Ussuriysky, V.L. Komarov Reserve) |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
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Ussurisky Zapovednik
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| Location | Primorsky Krai |
| Nearest city | Ussuriysk |
| Coordinates | 43°40′49″N 132°32′44″E / 43.68028°N 132.54556°ECoordinates: 43°40′49″N 132°32′44″E / 43.68028°N 132.54556°E |
| Area | 40,432 hectares (99,910 acres) |
| Established | 1932 |
| Governing body | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia) |
| Website | http://www.ussuriysky.ru/ |
Ussurisky Nature Reserve (Russian: Уссурийский заповедник) (also Ussuriysky; V.L. Komarov Reserve) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) that protects one of the remaining virgin mixed deciduous-conifer forests in the Primorsky (Maritime) region of the Russian Far East. The mountainous terrain is located on a southern spur of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, in the upper reaches of the Komarovka River, about 50 km northeast of the city of Vladivostok. The reserve is named after Vladimir L. Komarov, an important early botanist and early explorer of the Primorsky region. The Ussursisky Reserve is situated in the Shkotovsky District of Primorsky Krai.
The Ussurisky Reserve lies in the Przewalski Mountains, as this southern spur of the Sikhote-Alin is known. The terrain is mountainous and forested; in the east of the reserve are the headwaters of the right tributaries of the Artemivka River. To the west and north, the foothills flatten out towards the lowlands of Lake Khanka, which is 100 km to the northwest. The main line of the Sikhote-Alin runs towards the northeast. The average altitude is 400-500 meters above sea level, 700 meters. The headwaters of the Komarovka River flow out of the reserve west to the city of Ussuriysk, the Artemivka River flows south into the Ussuri Bay of the Sea of Japan.
Ussurisky is located in the Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion, a region in the middle Amur River basin, in the Russian Far East, on the west slope of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains.
The climate of Ussurisky is Humid continental climate, cool summer (Köppen climate classification (Dwb) ). This climate is characterized by high variation in temperature, both daily and seasonally; with dry winters and cool summers. The average temperature in January (the coldest month) is -17,9 C degrees, and +19.7 C degrees in August (the warmest month)
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