Russian geographer A.A. Korchagin divided the area of the reserve into five natural regions:
The Pechora lowlands: pine forests, pine forested swamps, and moss swamps.
There are few spruce forests in that area.
This region includes the Gusinoe Bolota (Goose Swamp), a peat bog that occupies around 3 km², with the peat deposits some 5–6 meters deep.

The piedmont (foothills) region, dominated by forests of shade-loving species: Siberian spruce, Siberian pine, and Siberian fir.
There are abundant forested swamps there, but hardly any moss swamps.

The Upper Ilych lowland: this region is surrounded by the Urals highlands and mountains and has particularly severe climate.
The slow-growing forest there is classified as boreal taiga.

The Ural Mountains, the area that is the least studied but has the greatest variety of landscapes.
It includes the piedmont forest belt (fir and spruce), up to 300–350 meters in elevation.
Above it, up to 600 m elevation, is the subalpine forest belt, where firs and spruces are gradually replaced with birch forests and subalpine meadows.
The tree line is at 550–650 m elevation, although there are occasional firs at the elevations as high as 800 m or even higher.
Above the tree line, alpine meadows and then tundra are found.

The valleys of the Pechora, Ilych, and their tributaries.
Russian geographer A.A. Korchagin divided the area of the reserve into five natural regions:
The Pechora lowlands: pine forests, pine forested swamps, and moss swamps. There are few spruce forests in that area. This region includes the Gusinoe Bolota (Goose Swamp), a peat bog that occupies around 3 km², with the peat deposits some 5–6 meters deep.
The piedmont (foothills) region, dominated by forests of shade-loving species: Siberian spruce, Siberian pine, and Siberian fir. There are abundant forested swamps there, but hardly any moss swamps.
The Upper Ilych lowland: this region is surrounded by the Urals highlands and mountains and has particularly severe climate. The slow-growing forest there is classified as boreal taiga.
The Ural Mountains, the area that is the least studied but has the greatest variety of landscapes. It includes the piedmont forest belt (fir and spruce), up to 300–350 meters in elevation. Above it, up to 600 m elevation, is the subalpine forest belt, where firs and spruces are gradually replaced with birch forests and subalpine meadows. The tree line is at 550–650 m elevation, although there are occasional firs at the elevations as high as 800 m or even higher. Above the tree line, alpine meadows and then tundra are found.
The valleys of the Pechora, Ilych, and their tributaries.
Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve