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
- ^ 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