National Parks and protected areas Special protected areas have been designated in all three nations sharing the Tavan Bogd. The Mongolian part of the Tavan Bogd massif is within the Altai Tavan Bogd National Park. The park covers 6,362 km2. It includes the lakes Khoton, Khurgan, and Dayan. The protected area offers a home for many species of alpine animal, such as the Argali sheep, Ibex, Red deer, Beech marten, Moose, Snow cock, and Golden eagle. On the Russian side of the border, the Ukok Plateau, adjacent to the Tavan Bogd massif from the north, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site called the Golden Mountains of Altai. The glacier-fed stream on the western, Chinese, slope of the massif flow into the small Akkul Lake (阿克库勒湖), which in its turn drains into the Kanas Lake farther south; the Kanas Lake area has been designated AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. An area of 5,588 km2 has been designated as the Kanas Nature Reserve (:zh:喀纳斯湖自然风景保护区). See also List of mountains in Mongolia References Bibliography External links sunshine.mn information Official Tourism Site Altai Mountains Mountains of Xinjiang Mountains of Mongolia Mountains of Russia China–Mongolia border Mongolia–Russia border China–Russia border International mountains of Asia