A semi-desert and coastal nature reserve covering 783 hectares. It features sand dunes, salt-tolerant plants, coastal meadows, and Caspian beaches. Fauna includes goitered gazelles, jackals, foxes, wild boars, hares, badgers, and the Caspian seal—the rarest of the species—as well as flamingos, herons, gulls, waders, and other migratory birds.