Sevan Botanical Garden

Sevan Botanical Garden
Trail inside the Sevan Botanical Garden
Sevan Botanical Garden Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
Nearest city	Sevan, Armenia
Coordinates	40°33′26.5″N 44°58′09.8″E / 40.557361°N 44.969389°E / 40.557361; 44.969389Coordinates: 40°33′26.5″N 44°58′09.8″E / 40.557361°N 44.969389°E / 40.557361; 44.969389
Area	5 ha
Established	1944

Sevan Botanical Garden (Armenian: Սևանի բուսաբանական այգի), is a botanical garden founded in 1944 in the northern Armenian town of Sevan, near the Tsamakaberd neighbourhood.^[1] The garden is operating as a satellite of the Yerevan Botanical Garden under the supervision of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.^[2]

Located at height of 2000 meters above sea level within a dry continental climate, the area is characterized with cold winters and hot summers. The garden is home to around 650 species (including 225 species of trees), from Armenia, North America, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Himalayas.^[3]

In 2015, a green house was opened within the garden.^[4]

Gallery

Hippophae rhamnoides
Potentilla porphyrantha
Abies sibirica
Abies sibirica tree

References

Protected areas of Armenia

National parks	Arevik Dilijan Lake Arpi Sevan

State reserves	Erebuni Khosrov Forest Shikahogh

Botanical gardens	Ijevan Sevan Stepanavan Vanadzor Yerevan

Wildlife sanctuaries	Akhnabad Taxus Grove Sanctuary Aragats Alpine Sanctuary Arjatkhelni Hazel Sanctuary Arzakan-Meghradzor Sanctuary Banks' Pine Grove Sanctuary Boghakar Sanctuary Gandzakar Sanctuary Getik Sanctuary Goravan Sands Goris Sanctuary Gyulagarak Sanctuary Hankavan Hydrological Sanctuary Herher Open Woodland Sanctuary Ijevan Sanctuary Jermuk Forest Sanctuary Jermuk Hydrological Sanctuary Juniper Woodlands Sanctuary Khor Virap Sanctuary Margahovit Sanctuary Rhododendron caucasicum Sanctuary Plane Grove Sanctuary Sev Lake Sanctuary Vordan Karmir Sanctuary Yeghegnadzor Sanctuary Zangezur Sanctuary Zikatar Sanctuary

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