List of ecoregions in Iraq

This a list of ecoregions in Iraq.

Terrestrial ecoregions

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

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Zagros Mountains forest steppe

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
  • Syrian xeric grasslands and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh

Deserts and xeric shrublands
  • Arabian Desert
  • Mesopotamian shrub desert
  • South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert

Freshwater ecoregions
  • Arabian Interior
  • Lower Tigris and Euphrates
  • Upper Tigris and Euphrates

Marine ecoregions

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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