nature reserve

noun

: an area where animals and plants are protected and that has few buildings or homes

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Group Saving Endangered Lions Helps Lioness Remove Porcupine Quills: 'Probably Saved Her Life' While Nairobi National Park is fenced in on three sides, the southern border of the nature reserve is left open, according to reporting by BBC. Michael Nied, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025 Or catch a ferry to Lokrum Island—a 72-hectare nature reserve home to towering pine forests, a medieval Benedictine monastery (established in the 11th century), and botanical gardens where flirty peacocks flutter their feathers. Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 So far, the new species has only been found at a nature reserve in southwestern Yunnan Province, a roughly 2,060-mile drive southwest from Beijing and near the border with Myanmar. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025 The snow is gone, temperatures are rising, and the survivors have settled into a community not unlike a nature reserve that recalls the folk horrors of The Wicker Man and Apostle. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nature reserve

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“Nature reserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nature%20reserve. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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