The biodiversity of the zone is the highest in Siberia, due to its transitional position between many different ecoregions.

The area acts as a long corridor for migration of animals along the east-west axis.

[1] The ecoregion is an east-west strip, stretching 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) from Chelyabinsk in the west to Krasnoyarsk in the east.

Recently, grassy areas have been covered by more Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Aspen (Populus tremula).

[2] There are no large federally protected areas in the ecoregion, and it has been heavily affected by human activities.