List of ecoregions in Iran

The following is a list of ecoregions in Iran as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions edit

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

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests edit

Temperate coniferous forests edit

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands edit

Flooded grasslands and savannas edit

Montane grasslands and shrublands edit

Deserts and xeric shrublands edit

Freshwater ecoregions edit

References edit

  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