Western Tien-Shan

Western Tien-Shan skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 2016 som naturarv i Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Platsen hör till regionen Asia and the Pacific.

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Världsarvet delas av flera länder och låter natur eller historia gå före nationsgränser.

UNESCOThe transnational property is located in the Tien-Shan mountain system, one of the largest mountain ranges in the world. Western Tien-Shan ranges in altitude from 700 to 4,503 m. It features diverse landscapes, which are home to exceptionally rich biodiversity. It is of global importance as a centre of origin for a number of cultivated fruit crops and is home to a great diversity of forest types and unique plant community associations.