Anyuysky National Park | |
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Анюйский (Russian) | |
Location | Khabarovsk Krai |
Nearest city | Khabarovsk |
Coordinates | 49°26′26″N 136°33′25″E / 49.44056°N 136.55694°E |
Area | 429,370 hectares (1,060,996 acres; 4,294 km2; 1,658 sq mi) |
Established | March 5, 1999 |
Governing body | FGBI "Anyuiskiy" |
Website | http://anyui-park-rf.ru/ |
Anyuysky National Park (Russian: Анюйский национальный парк) covers the basin of the Anyuy River, on the west slope of the Central Sikhote-Alin Mountain range in the Russian Far East. The Anyuy flows west into the Amur River, the main river of the region, as it flows northeast into the Sea of Okhotsk. The park is important because it creates an ecological corridor from the low floodplain of the Amur, to the high forested mountains of the Sikhote-Alin. The park is in the Nanaysky District in Khabarovsk Krai, about 50 miles downstream (i.e., northeast) of the city of Khabarovsk.[1][2] The area is remote, with few towns and sparse population. The area has historically depended on salmon fishing, logging, and hunting. The local indigenous people are the Nanai people, representing about a quarter of the nearby settlements.