Altyaghach National Park

Altyaghach National Park — is a national park of Azerbaijan. It was established on an area of in the Khizi Rayon and Siazan Rayon administrative districts on August 31, 2004. It is about 120 km away from the capital Baku.
It was founded with the aim of restoring the rich diversity of flora and fauna in the region. Most of the park is covered with deciduous forests.

Flora and fauna

Flora

The area of Altyaghach is 90.5% covered by temperate deciduous broadleaved forests. The major types of trees are Persian Ironwood, Caucasian Oak, Caucasian Ash, European Hornbeam, Oriental Hornbeam, Oriental Beech, Silver Birch, White Birch, etc.
Shrub species occurring in the area include Various-Leaved Hawthorn, Dog Rose, Blackberry, etc.

Fauna

The national park is home to the rare East Caucasian tur, a mountain dwelling goat antelope found only in the eastern half of the Caucasus Mountains. Other large mammals found here are the lynx, brown bear, wild boar, wolf, golden jackal, jungle cat, red fox, roe deer, badger, and otter, etc.