Reserve "Khakassia".

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In 1999, the merged reserve "Chazy" with reserve "Small Abakan".So there was a State Nature Reserve "Khakassia" that spread over the vast expanses of mountainous taiga.

Relief protected zone

Steppe Reserve grabbed a piece of the left bank of the Minusinsk depression.Mountain steppe zone included in the Reserve "Khakassia", attached to the Altai-Sayan system.There lacustrine basins and river valleys are interspersed with squat hills, ridges and hills, whose height does not exceed 800-900 meters.

for mountain area characterized by three types of terrain.Alpine mountain relief focused on the ridges.His pose acute corner, circuses, cars and rocky ridges.Massively-high mountain terrain obedient flat tops, flat slaboraschlenennye slopes.Rock, destroyed, cover the slopes of scree.

middle mountainous relief covered areas, which lie erosion of separation, narrow valley plains and steep slopes with great.Open spaces around the large rivers are covered with terraces.Clearly defined floodplain small rivers include no more than one terrace.

Climatic conditions in the reserve

Khakass State Reserve is in the grip of extreme continental climate.In the arid steppe, he, with characteristic monthly and daily temperature variations.In the valley near the Yenisei milder climatic conditions.Snow on flat spaces are not delayed.Wind scour the lowlands and ravines.In the area of ​​hot summers are short and winters long and icy.The atmosphere is dominated by high humidity and cyclones.

ponds in the reserve

Steppe zone of the reserve strewn with lakes.They number more than two hundred.The lakes vary in the degree of overgrowth and mineralization.They stand sizes waters.Mountain site comprises a network of streams and rivers.River crossing Khakassky Nature Reserve, endowed with mountain-minded.Water flows are strong and swift, interrupted multiple rapids, shoals and Shiver.Along the coast of the rivers is scattered pebbles.They found cluttering of rocky boulders, giant boulders and windbreaks.In the area of ​​high mountains are tarns.

along the shores of lakes and river valleys there are reed, sedge and marsh klubnekamyshovye.Okontsa swamp water tight canary grass, reeds, horsetail, cattail, arrowhead and alisma.

Flora

steppe soils is 40% covered with grayish Panzer, thyme, wormwood cold kohiey, zmeegolovnika, kraganom dwarf melkodernovitymi and cereals.The basis of the grass in the steppes, have covered Reserve "Khakassia" make drought-tolerant grasses, fescue represented lozhnoovechim, Koeleria slim, feather grass, meadow grass, sedges and coil.

is dominated by woodland park type.Rare and developed underbrush overgrown spirea, cotoneaster, dog rose and acacia.Mountain taiga belt dark rocks overgrown with trees.Minor portions of tight dark coniferous-birch forests.In the upper forest belt settled pine, cedar, fir and cedar-larch arrays.

Mostly mixed forest stand.He presented birch, cedar, fir, spruce, willow, larch and aspen.The undergrowth formed willows, birches undersized, Kuril tea, spirea, currant, cherry and alder.The bush cover settled cranberries and blueberries.Among discharged grass meets blueberries Zubrovka alpine and Luzula pilosa.

Fauna National Reserve "Khakassia" inhabited by mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians.The reserve settled more than 50 species of mammals.Acclimatized species considered hare, muskrat and mink.It is home to steppe lemming, various voles, ground squirrels and hamsters.

habitual inhabitants of the reserve recognized as foxes and hares.Equip their homes here Hori, badgers and wolves.Are found in its territory roe.Found here their abode brown bears, wolverines, lynx, musk deer, deer and moose.In the mountains there Sayan reindeer.The rare inhabitants include otters, sables and Siberian cats.

rich reserve "Khakassia" birds.They are found 244 species.In different parts of the reserve obzhilis passerines, waders and geese.In the woods settled nuthatches, Moskovka, taiga crickets, titmice, woodpeckers, grouse, grouse, owls and Scops Owl.We found a place to nest predators - black kite, hawks, cemeteries and Sakers.Rivers and lakes have become the abode for the Whooper Swan, hook-nosed Turpanov, Ogar, peganok, diving ducks, gulls, shorebirds, owls, cranes, Demoiselle.

found sanctuary in waters 32 species of fish.Ketoi populated ponds and trout, bream and peled, whitefish and cisco carp and perch.Aboriginal fish here are perch, pike, carp and minnows.Occasionally there are waters grayling, taimen, goldilocks, sturgeon, sturgeon and Tugun.