Аннотация:A landscape-geocryological map is considered to be an important basic resource for comprehensive carbon budget studies under the international EU-funded CARBO-North project. The project is aimed at assessing the carbon balance at northern latitudes. The mesoscale and more detailed landscape-geocryological maps were produced for the intensive study sites using an integrated geosystem approach and landscape features indicative of permafrost conditions. The maps actually suggest a model showing spatial patterns of numerous landscape factors responsible for local and regional carbon budgets. The key issue of the mapping technique applied was the development of matrix legends arranged as tables. In general, the structure and content of such tables are variable and depend on study purposes, scale, and environmental conditions of particular areas. Under this study, a mesoscale landscape-geocryological map was produced for the Khoseda–Khard intensive site and a detailed map for the Seida intensive site, both sites located in the forest-tundra life zone.