The reserve is situated 13 km north of the city of Zeya, in the Zeysky District of Amur Oblast.

They have the character of mountain waterways: steep narrow valleys, sharp drops and rapids.

This is a region of inland plains surrounded by low hills and the Greater Khingan mountain range, a forested area connecting China (Manchuria) and Russia (Amur River basin).

[5][6] Over 90% of the reserve is forested, with trees characteristic of the transition zone from southern to northern taiga.

The under-story of this larch forest is mostly cranberries, wild rosemary marsh, Dahurian rhododendron and mosses.

Above the dark taiga, the ridgetops are covered with cedar, and accompanying Siberian juniper and rhododendron.