Camels at Accola River Valley. Altai

by Victor Kovchin

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Camels at Accola River Valley. Altai

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Victor Kovchin

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CAMELS AT ACCOLA RIVER VALLEY. ALTAI by VICTOR KOVCHIN.

Belongs to the Gallery Russian Artists New Wave.
Camels at the Accola river valley out on the open pasture. Mountained Altai

The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large, even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. Of the two species of camels, it is by far the rarer.The Bactrian camel has two humps on its back, in contrast to the single-humped dromedary camel.Its population of two million exists mainly in the domesticated form.Some authorities, notably the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), use the binomial name Camelus ferus for the wild Bactrian camel and reserve Camelus bactrianus for the domesticated Bactrian camel. Their name comes from the ancient historical region of Bactria.

The domesticated Bactrian camel has served as a pack animal in inner Asia since ancient times. With its tolerance for cold, drought, and high altitudes, it enabled the travel of caravans on the Silk Road. A small number of wild Bactrian camels still roam the Mangystau Province of southwest Kazakhstan
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