Minusinsk Basin or Khakass-Minusinsk Basin (, Minusinskaya (Chakassko-Minusinskaya) kotlovina) is in Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located among mountains of South Siberia.
It is bounded on the west by Kuznetsk Alatau, and east by the Sayan Mountains. See Geography of South-Central Siberia. Elevation varies between 200 and 700 m, constituting a plain with sparse hillocks and cut by valleys.
The Yenisey River and its major tributaries Abakan, Oia (Russian: ÃÂÃÂ) and Tuba flow through the valley. Its major towns are Minusinsk and Abakan. The hollow has a large number of lakes, including saltwater ones. The depression is an important agricultural area; it also has coal deposits (Minusinsk Coal Basin).