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Sip-Sin
Sip-Sin covers 7,000 ha of the reserve's territory. This area includes wavy, sandy steppe with scattered birch and aspen trees, seasonal salt and scattered small lakes. Some pine groves can be found in its central area. This area resembles the forest-steppe lands of western Siberia.
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- Article: Sip-Sin
- Author(s): Heather Triplett
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: October 8, 2009
- Date accessed: January 10, 2025
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/content/sip-sin
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Heather Triplett. (2009, October 08). Sip-Sin. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved January 10, 2025 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/content/sip-sin
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