Koibaly Steppe

Koibaly Steppe

 

a steppe in the Minusinsk Basin, in the interfluve of the Enisei River and the lower course of the Abakan River, in Krasnoiarsk Krai, RSFSR. The relief is characterized by a gently rolling plain (with altitudes of 300–400 m predominating) and numerous drainless sinkholes, some of which are occupied by salt lakes. In places, individual hills rise to 500–600 m. Wormwood and feather-grass steppe on chestnut soils is found in untilled section.