Teberdinsky reserve, located within three districts - Karachai, Urupsky and Zelenchuk, is a state nature biosphere reserve. It is located in the valley of the Teberda river, on the Northern slopes of the greater Caucasus.

The reserve, a total area of 85 330 hectares, was founded in 1936 to investigate mountain-meadow and mountain-forest natural complexes on the Northern slopes of the Western Caucasus.

The reserve consists of two parts: Arkhyz (19 ha) and Teberdinsky (66 ha). In 2009, the composition of the reserve is based on the Federal reserve "Daursky", which area is 74 900 hectares a year was based biosphere polygon of the reserve, which would bring together and Caucasian reserve two cluster zone of the reserve.

One of the main decorations of the reserve are deep Raducskie lake. In General it has an area of 157 lakes. Almost all lakes are placed at heights of not less than 2 thousand m. the Majority of lakes, 200 to 1000 years, appeared during the melting of the glaciers. Lake Karakul in Teberda was formed during the retreat of the oldest of the Teberdinsky glacier approximately 8-10 thousand years ago.

Just in the Teberda reserve flows 30 rivers, they all have ice and snow food. The biggest are: Teberda, Alibek, Dombay-Elgin, Baduk, Amanauz, Ullu-Murugu, gonachhir and, of course, Kizgich on Arkhyz area. Flowing down the steep slopes of the river, form a huge and mighty waterfalls and rapids. The reserve is very rich in glaciers, their total number is 109, and the total area of 74 sq. km.

On the territory of the Teberda nature reserve vascular plants grow to about 1200 species of terrestrial algae of about 100 species of lichens over 300 species of mosses over 460 species and mushrooms - 500 species. In addition it is home to birds - 220 species, mammals - about 45 species, and fish 3 species, reptiles and 7 species of amphibians, 5 species and numerous insect species. Many of these representatives were listed in the Red book of Russia.