List of ecoregions in Iran

This a list of ecoregions in Iran.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Iran is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate coniferous forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

  • Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Baluchistan
  • Caspian Highlands
  • Esfahan
  • Helmand-Sistan
  • Kavir and Lut Deserts
  • Kura-South Caspian Drainages
  • Namak
  • Northern Hormuz Drainages
  • Orumiyeh
  • Lower Tigris and Euphrates
  • Upper Tigris and Euphrates
  • Turan Plain
  • Upper Amu Darya
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References

  1. Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. (2001). Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938
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