This is the result of the effect of strong winds and heavy snowfalls. There are coniferous trees represented by the Jeddo fir, which grows only on Kamchatka, Kuril larch. One of the major peculiarities of Kamchatka is Kronotskiy Preserve, the remotest and biggest nature preserve in Russia. Its territory harbors a great variety of wildlife. The most attractive sightseeing is at the Valley of Geysers, a canyon on the bottom of which the Geysernaya river flows.
Geysers are springs that throw forth intermittent jets of water and steam.
The temperature of almost all the springs is 96-99C, in other words it is the temperature of boiling water. Colors are magnificent here, not only of the landscape as a whole, but of every detail. Here a tiny brook emerges from a little cave blackened by sulfur compounds. The water is crystal clear and the bubbles that fill it and burst to the surface give off a sulfur smell. At its source the brook is boiling, but a step or two downstream the water is only warm.