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	Zorkul State Reserve - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Zorkul Lake habited by pseudoosman and tibetian loach, and also by some species of invertebrate animals.
		Adjacent to Zorkul Lake mountain territory of South Amur mountain ridge inhabited by Pamir argali Marco Polo, Siberian ibexes, snow leopards, wolves and other species of fauna.
		Among the smaller mammals for reserve are habitual: ermine, weasel, red fox, turkestan lynx and Tian Shan brown bear.
	whc.unesco.org /en/tentativelists/2111 (465 words)

	www.rian.ru
		THREE U.S. DUSHANBE, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Three U.S. citizens were detained near the Zorkul border checkpoint on the Tajik-Afghan border, chairman of the Tajik border protection committee Saidamir Zukhurov said at a press conference in Dushanbe on Tuesday.
		It might be a misunderstanding because the young Americans had entry visas but did not know that the border should be crossed in special places," Zukhurov said.
		The Zorkul checkpoint is located about 4,000 meters above the sea on the territory of the Murgab border detachment on the junction of the Tajik, Afghan and Chinese borders.
	en.rian.ru /world/20050524/40410099-print.html (196 words)

	State of the Environment - Tajikistan - 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The largest alpine lake of the republic is considered to be Zorkul lake.
		This is the alone place in Tajikistan populated by the colony of alpine gooses.
		Zorkul is the source of river Panji, which merging with the river Vakhsh forms the major aquatic artery of the Central Asia - river Amudaria.
	enrin.grida.no /htmls/tadjik/soe/landscp/l2.htm (601 words)

	Pamirs - the roof of the world
		Note that Zorkul lies within the restricted border zone, and to visit it you must gain prior permission from the Russian Border Forces in Khorog.
		In 1842, Lieutenant Woods of the British India Navy explored the Pyanj and Pamir rivers as far as the latter's source in Zorkul (the true source is actually the glaciers at the head of the Kara-Jilgasu River in the mountains to the south of Zorkul.
		The north side of Zorkul is full of Tajik shepherds in the summer; from the aylaq at Bash-Gumbaz you can trek north (2 days) to the Bash-Gumbaz in Alichur valley (see Alichur Valley above).
	www.pamirs.org /trekking.htm (6571 words)

	ЦОДП - "Заповедники и Национальные парки"
		Under clause 16 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On Nature Reserves”, the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan decreed that the Zorkul Federal Reserve be established.
		The Zorkul Federal Reserve is affiliated with the Forestry Management of the Republic of Tajikistan.
		National parks "Kenozerski" and "Valdaiski" and state nature reserve "Kedrovaya Pad'" are included into the UNESCO's Global net of biosphere reserves by the decision of the International Coordination Council of the MAB (Man And Biosphere) Program.
	www.biodiversity.ru /publications/zpnp/archive/n31/tadj.html (206 words)

	FISH AND FISHERIES AT HIGHER ALTITUDES: ASIA - TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 385
		Water chemical composition in the lakes Sarezkoe, Zorkul, Yashilkul, Bulunkul, Turumtaikul, Kundzhingit and Chakankul is dominated by calcium carbonate.
		During summer and autumn it is estimated that 7-10 t of fish are captured in Lake Bulunkul, which has a surface area of 340 ha.
		Vegetation of the high-mountain Lake Zorkul (Pamir): 164-172.
	www.fao.org /docrep/003/x2614e/x2614e10.htm (5977 words)

	Pravda.RU:Afghanistan: Fighting Moves Close To Tajik Frontier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		An active skirmish was underway four kilometres off the frontier around 4:00 p.m., local time, yesterday, along the stretch guarded by the Pyanj unit.
		Ten blasts - presumably, air bomb - came at about the same time ten kilometres off the Zorkul checkpoint of the Ishkashim unit.
		The frontier situation remains fairly calm, despite all, the borderguard press service said to RIA Novosti.
	newsfromrussia.com /hotspots/2001/10/28/19391_.html (93 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Zorkul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Zorkul; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Zorkul (235 words)

	VENTS D'EST :: Photographer, Pierre Claquin
		We shall leave the Tajik rural villages and their way of life to reach the Kyrghyz nomadic pastoral territory.
		The road climbs up for several hours before becoming a rougher track entering the Zorkul lake Nature Reserve.
		At the end of the day we shall reach the Jarty Gumbez hunting camp (4130 meters).
	www.ventsdest.net /english/workshop_new.htm (1924 words)

	Travel Tajikistan - Permit to visit Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO)
		Even with the permit, you do not have unrestricted access to travel in Gorno-Badakhshan.
		Specifically, you need additional permission to visit Lake Sarez, Lake Zorkul, and some regions near to the Chinese or Afghan borders.
		The normal procedure is to request the permit at the same time as your letter of invitation.
	www.traveltajikistan.com /visas/gbao.html (396 words)

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