Oglahty area

Natural conditions that determine a rich diversity of species and landscapes make is possible to divide the Khakassky Reserve’s areas into two groups: steppe and mountain taiga.

I. STEPPE GROUP includes 7 areas:

• Lake Shira area (1,397 hectares)
• Lake Itkul area (5,547 hectares)
• Lake Bele area (5,285 hectares)
• Oglahty area (2,590 hectares)
• Kamyzyaksky steppe and Lake Ulug-Kol area (4,789 hectares)
• Hol–Bogaz area (2,499 hectares)
• Podzaploty area (5,181 hectares)

Abakan River

II. MOUNTAIN TAIGA GROUP includes 2 areas located  in medium and high mountain part of the northern macroslope of the Western Sayan Mountains:

• Maly Abakan area (97,829 hectares)
• Zaimka Lykovykh area (142,441 hectares)