Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, located 171 km (106 mi) southeast of Darwin. It is a World Heritage Site. Kakadu is also officially named as a place, covering the same area as the national park, with 313 people recorded living there in the 2016 Australian census.
Tajik National Park (Tajik: Боғи миллии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Boghi millii Tojikiston; Russian: Таджикский национальный парк, romanized: Tadzhikskiy natsional’nyy park) is a national park and nature reserve in eastern Tajikistan. It was established in 1992 and expanded in 2001 to include parts of the Pamir Mountains, which are the third-highest mountain range in the world. The park covers 26,116.74 square kilometres (10,083.73 sq mi), which is about 18 percent of Tajikistan’s total area.
Ugam-Chatkal National Park is located in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. It was created in 1992 and covers an area of 668,350 hectares (1,651,500 acres). The park is found in mountainous regions within the Bostonliq, Parkent, and Ohangaron districts of the Tashkent Region.
Kolsay Lakes National Park (Kazakh: Көлсай көлдері ұлттық паркі, Kölsai kölderı ūlttyq parkı) is found on the northern side of the Tian Shan Mountains in southeast Kazakhstan, about 10 kilometers from the border with Kyrgyzstan. The park is often called “Pearls of Tien Shan” because of its beautiful Kolsay Lakes, which are located between the Raiymbek District and Talgar District in the Almaty Region. The scenic Lake Kaindy is also part of the park.
Katon-Karagay National Park (Kazakh: Катонқараға́й мемлекетті́к ұлтты́қ табиғи́ паркі́) is the largest national park in Kazakhstan. It is located on the eastern edge of the country, in the Southern Altai Mountains. The park covers the western side of the “X” where the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia, China, and Mongolia meet.
Ile-Alatau State National Nature Park is a protected area in Kazakhstan, created in 1996. It covers about 200,000 hectares and is located in the Trans-Ili Alatau mountain range, south of Almaty. The park extends from the Turgen gorge in the east to the Chemolgan river in the west.
The Burabay State National Nature Park, also known as “Burabay” in Kazakh and “Burabay” in Russian, is a national park located in the Burabay District of the Aqmola Region in Kazakhstan. It covers an area of about 129,935 hectares, which includes forests, lakes, and many different types of landscapes, such as the Kokshetau Massif, a part of the Kokshetau Hills. The park has a long history.
The Altyn-Emel State National Nature Park is a protected area in Kazakhstan. It was established in 1996. The park spans approximately 4,600 square kilometers and is located between the Ili River and the Aqtau mountain range, near Lake Kapchagai.
Lake Khövsgöl (Mongolian: Хөвсгөл нуур), also called Khövsgöl Sea (Mongolian: Хөвсгөл далай), is located in Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia. It is the largest freshwater lake in the country by volume and the second largest by area after Uvs Lake. The lake is nicknamed “Mother Sea” (Mongolian: Далай ээж, Dalai eej) in Mongolian.
Khangai Nuruu National Park (Mongolian: Хангайн нуруу) spans a strip from west to east across the center of the Khangai Mountains. The eastern part of the park lies along the upper part of the Orkhon River valley. The park includes several types of habitats, such as grassland areas, forests near rivers or streams, forests with larch trees, and high mountain meadows.