It comprises 844 square kilometres of semi desert and shrub land and is home to the endangered Asiatic cheetah.
The desert-like landscape is covered with wormwood (Artemisia sieberi), feather grass (Stipa), saltwort (Salsola), saxaul trees (Haloxylon) and tamarisk (Tamarix).
Larger herbivores are represented by goitered gazelles, low numbers of wild sheep (Ovis), and Carpathian boars (Sus scrofa attila).
The main raptors are the long-legged buzzard (Buteo ruffinus) and the golden eagle (Aquila heliaca).
[1] On January 7, 2015, Director General of Environmental Protection Department in North Khorasan announced a sighting of a female Asiatic cheetah and her cub at Miandasht Wildlife Refuge.