List of ecoregions in Iran

Tom Radulovich: deserts and xeric shrublands

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This a list of [[ecoregion]]s in [[Iran]].

==Terrestrial==
Iran is in the [[Palearctic realm]]. Ecoregions are listed by [[biome]].<ref>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</ref>

===[[Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]]===
* [[Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests]]
* [[Zagros Mountains forest steppe]]

===[[Temperate coniferous forests]]===
* [[Elburz Range forest steppe]]

===[[Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]]===
* [[Eastern Anatolian montane steppe]]

===[[Flooded grasslands and savannas]]===
* [[Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh]]

===[[Montane grasslands and shrublands]]===
* [[Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe]]
* [[Kuhrud-Kohbanan Mountains forest steppe]]

===[[Deserts and xeric shrublands]]===
* [[Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe]]
* [[Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert]]
* [[Caspian lowland desert]]
* [[Central Persian desert basins]]
* [[Kopet Dag semi-desert]]
* [[Mesopotamian shrub desert]]
* [[South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert]]

==References==


[[Category:Ecoregions of Iran| ]]
[[Category:Lists of ecoregions by country|Iran]]
[[Category:Iran geography-related lists]]

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