The Berd' River cuts through the elevaion called Salairskii Kryazh, being a NW extreme of the Altai-Sayan Mountain System. Although residing within the forest-steppe zone, this elevation is covered by birch/asp forests with scattered pine-tree woods. A view from a rocky cliff at the village Novososedovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, W Siberia, Russia 14th of September 1996.