Lagodekhi Protected Areas

Lagodekhi Protected Areas
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Waterfall in Lagodekhi Protected Areas
Map showing the location of Lagodekhi Protected Areas
Map showing the location of Lagodekhi Protected Areas
Map showing the location of Lagodekhi Protected Areas
Map showing the location of Lagodekhi Protected Areas
Location Georgia
Coordinates41°54′00″N 46°20′00″E / 41.90000°N 46.33333°E / 41.90000; 46.33333
Area24,451 ha (60,420 acres)
Established1912

Lagodekhi Protected Areas, also known as Lagodekhi National Park, is a pair of protected areas in the Kakheti district of Georgia: Lagodekhi Strict Nature Reserve and Lagodekhi Managed Nature Reserve (divided in 2003).[1][2] The combined area of the two is 24,451 hectares (94.41 sq mi). The reserves are located in north-eastern Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus and border Azerbaijan and Dagestan. Lagodekhi preserves a variety of rare local flora and fauna and was originally protected in 1912, under the Russian Empire, becoming the first such nature preserve on the territory of present-day Georgia. Their ecoregion is that of the Caucasus mixed forests.[3]

  1. ^ Lagodekhi in Georgia (IV) Archived 2019-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Protected Planet
  2. ^ Lagodekhi in Georgia (Ia) Archived 2019-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Protected Planet
  3. ^ "Caucasus mixed forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.