Shorsky National Park is a national park in the south of the
Kemerovo region. It was organized in 1990 on the basis of the
Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR dated December
27, 1989 No. 386 "On the creation of the Shorsk State Natural
National Park in the Kemerovo Region."
Shorsky National Park is
located in the Tashtagol administrative region. The length of the
territory of the national park from north to south is 110 km, from
east to west 90 km. The administration of the national park is
located in the city of Tashtagol.
Postal address: 652990,
Kemerovo region, Tashtagol, st. Sadovaya 8.
According to the
forest inventory in 2000, the area of the park is 413843 hectares.
The national park includes 5 forest districts.
Part of the
Association of Nature Reserves and National Parks of the Altai-Sayan
Ecological Region
Natural area: mountain taiga
Relief: The relief of the territory of the Shorsky national park is
a complex mountain system highly dissected by river valleys. The
average height above sea level is 500-800 m, some peaks reach
1600-1800 m (including Kubez -1555 m and Lysukha -1648 m).
Climate: The climate is sharply continental and harsh, due to the
location of the park almost in the center of the Asian continent.
High ridges enclosing Gornaya Shoria from the west with the Salair
ridge, from the south with the Altai mountain system and from the
east with the ridges of the Kuznetsk Alatau and Western Sayan
Mountains, create a kind of climatic regime. The average temperature
in January is -20-22 ° С, in July - + 17-18 ° С. In the mountains,
average temperatures drop sharply with height. The average annual
precipitation is 900 mm, in the mountains on the windward slopes up
to 1500-1800 mm. Snow lasts more than half a year, from October to
April. The depth of the snow cover reaches 200-250 cm, in the
depressions of the middle mountains - more than 400 cm. The winds of
the southern and southwestern directions prevail.
Water
bodies: The territory of the national park is dissected by a network
of rivers and streams. The main waterway is the Mras-Su River, which
flows through the main massif of the park from north to south and
dividing its territory into approximately two equal parts. The water
regime is typical for mountain rivers. The main sources of water for
rivers and streams are precipitation and groundwater.
Soils:
The predominant soil types are sod-podzolic and, to a lesser extent,
podzolic soils. Sod-podzolic soils are distributed mainly in the
lower part of the taiga belt, and podzolic soils - in its upper
part. All named soils are quite favorable for the growth of woody
vegetation on them.
Biological diversity
Number of
registered species:
lymphoids - 4
ferniform - 16
gymnosperms - 6
angiosperms - 483
fish - 14
amphibians - 2
reptiles - 6
birds - 182
mammals - 62
Flora and
vegetation: The vegetation cover of the park is dominated by black
taiga. Forests are represented by mountain types of communities.
Communities with Siberian pine and Siberian fir predominate. Spruce,
pine, downy birch, and aspen are much less common. In the age
structure, the most significant share of middle-aged and ripening
stands. The proportion of mature plantations is only about one fifth
of the forested land. The most widespread are large-grass and
wide-grass types of forest communities. The share of moss and
shrub-forb types of forest with bird cherry and mountain ash in the
undergrowth is less significant, and in the herbaceous cover with
female kochedyzhnik, bracken, northern wrestler, tall larkspur, and
forest bush. The share of other forest types is insignificant. In
the forests of the mid-mountainous part of Shorsky park, the unique
and rich flora of the mountains of South Siberia is preserved. Its
botanical attractions are such rare plant species as Siberian
kandyk, large-flowered lady's slipper, real lady's slipper, rosea
rhodiola.
Fauna and fauna: The theriofauna of the national
park has many game-hunting species: white hare, squirrel, sable,
American mink, Siberian weasel, otter, wolverine, fox, wolf, lynx,
elk. In addition to the listed species, there are the Siberian mole,
chipmunk, water vole, muskrat, common hamster, ermine, weasel,
steppe polecat, badger, brown bear, wild reindeer, musk deer, roe
deer, and red deer. Among the representatives of the avifauna, many
are the subject of hunting: common mallard, broad-legged duck,
pintail, gray duck, teal-cracker, teal-whistle, red-headed duck,
capercaillie, hazel grouses, black grouse, quail, corncrake,
woodcock, snipe, snipe, hornet, etc. Rare bird species in the park
are the black stork, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, osprey.
Grayling, lenok, taimen are found in the rivers.
Tourism and
rest
Shoria in summer is rafting, hiking and horseback riding,
climbing mountain peaks and descending into caves. The mid-mountain
relief and the air of coniferous forests filled with phytoncides
have a beneficial effect on the human body, increasing its
protective functions. Tourist routes of Gornaya Shoria do not
require special training and are available to everyone.
Tourist routes of the Shorsky national park:
Mrassu -
Ust-Kabyrza. Water. 110 km
Ust-Kabyrza. Water. 70 km
Sosnovka
- Tashtagol. Combined. 40 km
Tashtagol - Kabuk. Automotive (in
summer). 90 km
Near the national park there are such
recreationally valuable objects as the mountain skiing center -
Mount Mustag, the "pearl of Gornaya Shoria" - Mount Kul-Taiga with a
mountain lake on its top, the ethnographic open-air museum "Tazgol",
the valley of the Mras river, waterfalls, etc.
Natural and cultural heritage
There are 25 natural monuments
on the territory of the Shor National Park, of which 6 are the most
accessible and visited:
Saga waterfall is a hydrological natural
monument;
"Kizas Caves" - a geological natural monument;
Cave
"Nadezhda" - a geological natural monument;
"Monument to a
Soldier" - a geological natural monument;
Rock "Drinking
Elephant" - a geological natural monument;
Vaucluse "Kabukskiy"
is a hydrological natural monument.