Key Biodiversity Area Western Issyk-Kul

Area: 50,000 hectares.
KBA Category: B1, D1
Presence of SPAs: (yes).

For the purpose of nature conservation, the entire Issyk-Kul lake basin and a three-kilometer strip of coastline around the lake, as well as the Aksu and Jeti-Oguz gorges, have been declared a nature reserve.