Shushensky Bor National Park

The territory of the Shushensky Bor National Park is situated within two orographic areas. They are Western Sayan Range and Khakass-Minusinsk Hollow. The National Park is consist of two parts: a small section (Perovsky forestry) is located in the relatively flat forest-steppe zone of the Khakass-Minusinsk Hollow on 60 km north of the boundary of the Western Sayan Mountains, and a much larger Mountain forestry is located on the north slope of the Borus Ridge of Western Sayan Range. The hottest month is July with an average temperature of 20 °C and maximum of 39 °C.

The duration of the frost-free period is 115 days, growing season is 150 days. Winters are long and frosty. The coldest month is January with the average temperature of -20 °C and minimum of -53 °C. The annual amplitude of temperatures is 92 degrees. That characterizes the climate as sharply continental. The sum of the mean daily air temperatures above 10 °C is 1800-2000 degrees. The main ecoregion of the Mountain forestry is Sayan Montane Conifer Forest. This region describes the mid-elevation portion of the high mountains in the transition zone between the Siberian taiga and the Mongolian steppes.