Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve

Strict nature reserve in the Sakha Republic, Russia

Lena Delta Nature Reserve

Russian: Усть-Ленский (государственный природный) заповедник

IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)

Reindeer herd crossing the Bolshaya Tumatskaya channel within the reserve (2014)

Location| Sakha Republic, Russia
Nearest city| Tiksi
Coordinates| 73°10′52″N 125°18′57″E﻿ / ﻿73.18111°N 125.31583°E﻿ / 73.18111; 125.31583
Area| 14,330 km2 (5,530 sq mi)
Established| 1985

Lena Delta Nature Reserve (Russian: Усть-Ленский государственный природный заповедник) is a Zapovednik (“scientific nature reserve”) located in the delta of the Lena River in Sakha Republic, in the far north of eastern Siberia, Russia. The reserve is divided into two subareas, and has a total land area of 14,330 square kilometres (5,530 sq mi), making it one of the largest protected areas in Russia. The delta itself has a size of about 30,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi), making it one of the largest in the world. It protects large concentrations of birds, including swans, geese and ducks, loons, shorebirds, raptors and gulls. It is also an important fish spawning site.

The Lena's main outlets are the Trofimov (70%), Bykov and Olenek. Nearby is the settlement of Tiksi, the administrative center of Bulunsky District, on the Bykov channel.

Lena Delta false-color composite satellite image

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ust-Lena Nature Reserve.

* World Database on Protected Areas – Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve
* Lena River Delta 2020-21 Slide show from NASA Earth Observatory
* USGS Landsat Image
* NASA MODIS Image

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Nature reserves of Russia (class Ia 'Zapovedniks')

Northwest|

* Kandalaksha
* Kerzhinski
* Kivach
* Kostomuksha
* Lapland
* Nizhnesvirsky
* Pasvik
* Pinega
* Polistovsky
* Rdeysky

Central|

* Belogorye
* Bryansk Forest
* Central Forest
* Central Tsernozemsky
* Darwin
* Galichya Gora
* Kaluzhskiye Zaseki
* Khopyor
* Kologrivsky
* Nurgush
* Oka
* Prioksko-Terrasny
* Voronezh
* Voronina

Southern|

* Astrakhan
* Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski
* Chyornye Zemli
* Rostov

North Caucasus|

* Caucasus
* Dagestan
* Erzi
* North Ossetia
* Teberda
* Kabardino-Balkarski

Volga|

* Basegi
* Bashkirski
* Mordovski
* Orenburg
* Privolzhskaya Lesostep
* Prisursky
* Shaytan-Tau
* Shulgan-Tash
* Vishera
* Vosshko-Kamisky
* Zhiguili

Urals|

* Denezhkin Kamen
* East Ural
* Ilmen
* Little Sosva
* Nenets
* Pechoro-Ilych
* South Ural
* Upper Taz
* Visim

Siberia|

* Altai
* Azas
* Baikalsky
* Barguzin
* Baykal-Lena
* Central Siberia
* Dauriya
* Dzherginsky
* Great Arctic
* Gyda
* Katun
* Khakasski
* Kuznetsk Alatau
* Putorana
* Sayano-Shushenski
* Sokhondo
* Stolby
* Taymyr
* Tigirekskiy
* Tunguska
* Ubsunur Hollow
* Vitim
* Yugansky

Far East|

* Bastak
* Bolon
* Bolshekhekhtsirsky
* Botcha
* Bureya
* Dalnevostochny Morskoy
* Dzhugdzursky
* Kedrovaya Pad
* Khanka
* Khingan
* Komandor
* Komsomolsk
* Koryak
* Kronotsky
* Kurils
* Lazovsky
* Lena Delta
* Magadan
* Nora
* Olyokma
* Poronaysky
* Sikhote-Alin
* Ussurisky
* Wrangel Island
* Zeya

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