Torkent-Kara-Zhygach key biodiversity area

The territory of the KBA is the foothills near the Toktogul reservoir with a predominance of deserts, semi-deserts and mountain steppes (depending on the exposure of the slopes and altitude above sea level). The main river in the area is Torkent (maximum flow 177 m3/sec).
Desert foothills are usually covered with wormwood, ephemerals, ephemeroids, as well as girgensonia and eryngium. Teresken, sweda, tree solyanka, barnyard grass, capers, parfolia, Namangan sagebrush, Fergana sagebrush, desert-loving sagebrush, Tajik sagebrush, pistachio, prickly almond, and ostegia also grow here.