Kuznetsk Alatau Nature Reserve is a Russian 'zapovednik' on the Kuznetsk Alatau, a mountain ridge in the Altai-Sayan mountain region in southwestern Siberia. The Kuznetsk Alatau consists of several ra
Kuznetsk Alatau
Alpine creek in Kuznetsk Reserve (photo: ru:Igor Shpilenok)
The Sayan montane conifer forests ecoregion covers the mid-elevation levels of the Sayan Mountains, the high mountain range between the taiga of Siberia, Russia to the north, and the steppes of Mongol
Kuznetsk Alatau Nature Reserve
…the reserve, from 1000 to 800 meters, is pine and fir forest. The slopes are covered with limestone-free clay soil. Kuznetsk Alatau is located in the Sayan montane conifer forests ecoregion. This ecoregion covers the middle-elevations of the highest mountains in the Altai-Sayan mountain range of central Asia. It lies between the…
Altai Nature Reserve, in the ecoregion