nature reserve

noun

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

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The nature reserve shared footage of the boar and tiger swimming around trapped in the water before rescuers used a crane and container to bring them back to land. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025 The Pacific Palisades neighborhood is minutes from an entrance to the Temescal Gateway Park, an expansive nature reserve that stretches across oak and sycamore canyons. Chiara Eisner, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025 There's also Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve with about 1,400 acres, 5 miles of trails, and an abundance of bird species. Anna Halkidis, Parents, 21 Jan. 2025 Northeast of the Palisades, the Eaton Fire consumed Altadena, an unincorporated region inside Los Angeles County, up in the Verdugo Mountains near the Eaton Canyon Falls nature reserve. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 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 4 Mar. 2025.

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