bashkiriya national park ( bashkort:"башҡортостан милли паркы", russian: "башкирия (национальный парк)"), covers a large contiguous forest on the southern end of the ural mountains. the park is an important buffer between the industrialized flatlands to the west, and the mountainous and sparsely-populated shulgan-tash nature reserve and altyn-solok ("golden bee tree") entomological reserve to the east and north. bashkirya national park lies between the nugush river (and the popular recreational zone of the nugush reservoir), and the southern bend of the belaya river. the park features deep river valley cuts in a karst topography. it is known for a natural bridge across the river kuperlya. the park is situated across three districts (meleuzovsky, kurgachinsky and burzyansky) of the republic of bashkortostan (also known as "bashkiriya").