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Biodiversity, ecological and cultural heritage
239. 
The most part of Syrdarya province is occupied by agricultural land. Arable lands 
occupy 256,061 ha, technical cultures crops (mainly cotton), grain and legumes - 75,360 ha 
and 66,988 ha accordingly. Forest zone consists of field-protective plantings along the roads 
and between the fields, plantings in parks and populated areas: Lombardy poplar (Populus 
nigra) - the most wide-spread species in forest shelter belts. Planted trees and bushes in 
parks and dwelling settlements differ by their diversity and include among others the 
following: (Acer), plane tree (Ulmus) willows (Salix), elms (Acer), plane trees (Ulmus), willows 
(Salix), mulberry plantations, gardens and vineyards.
240. 
A t the distance of 500 and over meters from the left bank of the Syrdarya river the 
following trees and bushes are growing: bluish poplar, oleaster, Californian poplar, Bolle’s 
poplar, southern willow, grey poplar, white poplar, ashtree, elm, arbor vitae, juniper, pine, 
weeping willow, planetree; bushes: wild tamarisk, wild horn-head, dog rose of medicinal plant 
kind, cane, Great Club-rush, gisha, licorice medicinal, mint, caper, wormwood. Tamarisk 
bushes of the collector-drainage network are the places of cuckoo nesting, on slopes of 
drainages and on edges of developed sites, where bushes of carelinia and tamarisk are kept, 
scrub robin and many other species are nesting: black-headed gull, morwennol and 
slenderbilled gull.
241. 
On left-bank of the Syrdarya river the following species of animals and birds are 
inhabiting: small glassy ibis, white stork, white heron, rare species, yellow heron rare species, 
small golden eagle, sparrow hawk, pheasant, 9 species of duck, 2 species of teal, little owl, 
raven 2 species, coot, doves 3 species, viper, water snake 4 species, lizard, reed bunting, 
quail, wild boar, turtle, muskrat, jackal, vixen, hare, badger, nutria, mouse, hedgehog, bat, 
snowcock, 2 species of geese, 4 species of cormorants, hoopoe, my-lady’s-belt, skylark, blue 
tit. The following species of fish are also found in the Syrdarya river and off-takes: carp, 
crucian carp, soma, mudfish, carp, zander, barbel, asp, redeye, Caspian roach, grass carp, 
pike, sabrefish, bream, Turkestan barbel.