The Besh-Aral Zapovednik Bio-diversity Reserve is situated in the Chatkal Valley of the Jalal-Abad Oblast. The reserve covers a mountain region with undisturbed wild landscapes, rivers, picturesque alpine meadows and a great diversity of plants and animals.
The reserve covers a total area of 63,200 hectares and was created to preserve the habitat and to restore the populations of several endangered species found in the western Tien Shan. The reserve covers the mountain slopes of the western end of Chatkal valley which have a number of landscape types including meadow-steppe, alpine-meadow-steppe, high mountain-steppe, mountain coniferous forest, and mountain deciduous forest. Also within the park are three state forests, the Ken-Bulun, Barkyrak and Arab forests.