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==Palearctic terrestrial ecoregions== [[File:Eastern palearctic biomes.svg|thumb|600px|center|The outlined ecoregions of the eastern Palearctic realm, each of a colored biome.]] [[File:Western palearctic biomes.svg|thumb|600px|center|The outlined ecoregions of the western Palearctic realm, each of a colored biome. Note that this realm, as a whole, has 10 of [[Biome#Olson_&_Dinerstein_(1998)_biomes_for_WWF_/_Global_200|14 biomes]], or major habitat types, as defined by Olson & Dinerstein, et al. (2001).<ref name="Olson2001">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, [http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~ldyer/classes/396/olsonetal.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917072415/http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~ldyer/classes/396/olsonetal.pdf|date=2012-09-17}}.</ref> {{Legend|#447821|01. [[Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests]]}} {{Legend|#D4AA00|02. [[Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests]]}} {{Legend|#66FF00|03. [[Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests]]}} {{Legend|#71C837|04. [[Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests]]}} {{Legend|#005500|05. [[Temperate coniferous forests]]}} {{Legend|#2CA05A|06. [[Taiga|Taiga and Boreal forest]]}} {{Legend|#FFDD55|07. [[Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]]}} {{Legend|#CDDE87|08. [[Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]]}} {{Legend|#80B3FF|09. [[Flooded grasslands and savannas]]}} {{Legend|#C6AFE9|10. [[Montane grasslands and shrublands]]}} {{Legend|#87DECD|11. [[Tundra]]}} {{Legend|#C87137|12. [[Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub]]}} {{Legend|#FFF6D5|13. [[Deserts and xeric shrublands]]}} {{Legend|#D400AA|14. [[Mangrove forest|Mangroves]]}} {{Legend|#ECECEC|Rock and Ice, or Abiotic Land Zones}}]] {{Palearctic tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregions}} {| class="wikitable" style="width:70%; margin: 0 auto;" |- ! colspan="2" style="background:lightgreen;" | Palearctic [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forest]]s |- | [[Apennine deciduous montane forests]] | [[Italy]] |- | [[Atlantic mixed forests]] | [[Belgium]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Netherlands]] |- | [[Azores temperate mixed forests]] | [[Portugal]] |- | [[Balkan mixed forests]] | [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Greece]], [[Kosovo]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Turkey]] |- | [[Baltic mixed forests]] | [[Denmark]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]], [[Sweden]] |- | [[Cantabrian mixed forests]] | [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]] |- | [[Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests]] | [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]] |- | [[Caucasus mixed forests]] | [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Iran]], [[Russia]], [[Turkey]] |- | [[Celtic broadleaf forests]] | [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]] |- | [[Central Anatolian deciduous forests]] | [[Turkey]] |- | [[Central China loess plateau mixed forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[Central European mixed forests]] | [[Austria]], [[Belarus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Germany]], [[Lithuania]], [[Moldova]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] |- | [[Central Korean deciduous forests]] | [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]] |- | [[Changbai Mountains mixed forests]] | [[China]], [[North Korea]] |- | [[Changjiang Plain evergreen forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[Crimean Submediterranean forest complex]] | [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] |- | [[Daba Mountains evergreen forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[Dinaric Mountains mixed forests]] | [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]] |- | [[East European forest steppe]] | [[Bulgaria]], [[Moldova]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] |- | [[Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests]] | [[Turkey]] |- | [[English Lowlands beech forests]] | [[United Kingdom]] |- | [[Euxine–Colchic deciduous forests]] | [[Bulgaria]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Turkey]] |- | [[Hokkaido deciduous forests]] | [[Japan]] |- | [[Huang He Plain mixed forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[Madeira evergreen forests]] | [[Portugal]] |- | [[Manchurian mixed forests]] | [[China]], [[North Korea]], [[Russia]], [[South Korea]] |- | [[Nihonkai evergreen forests]] | [[Japan]] |- | [[Nihonkai montane deciduous forests]] | [[Japan]] |- | [[North Atlantic moist mixed forests]] | [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]] ([[Northern Ireland]], [[Scotland]]), [[Denmark]] ([[Faroe Islands]]) |- | [[Northeast China Plain deciduous forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[Pannonian mixed forests]] | [[Austria]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Ukraine]] |- | [[Po Basin mixed forests]] | [[Italy]] [[Switzerland]] |- | [[Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests]] | [[Andorra]], [[France]], [[Spain]] |- | [[Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[Rodope montane mixed forests]] | [[Bulgaria]], [[Greece]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Serbia]] |- | [[Sarmatic mixed forests]] | [[Belarus]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Norway]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]] |- | [[Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests]] | [[China]] |- | [[South Sakhalin–Kurile mixed forests]] | [[Russia]] |- | [[Southern Korea evergreen forests]] | [[South Korea]] |- | [[Taiheiyo evergreen forests]] | [[Japan]] |- | [[Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests]] | [[Japan]] |- | [[Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe]] | [[China]] |- | [[Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests]] | [[Russia]] |- | [[West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests]] | [[Russia]] |- | [[Western European broadleaf forests]] | [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Czech Republic]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]]. [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Switzerland]] |- | [[Zagros Mountains forest steppe]] | [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Turkey]] |} {{Palearctic temperate coniferous forest ecoregions}} {{Palearctic boreal forest/taiga ecoregions}} {{Palearctic temperate grassland, savanna, and shrubland ecoregions}} {{Palearctic flooded grassland and savanna ecoregions}} {{Palearctic montane grassland and shrubland ecoregions}} {{Palearctic tundra ecoregions}} {{Palearctic mediterranean forest, woodland, and scrub ecoregions}} {| class="wikitable" style="width:70%; margin: 0 auto;" |- ! colspan="2" style="background:lightgreen;" | [[Palearctic]] [[deserts and xeric shrublands]]<ref>Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545 [https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014]</ref> |- | [[Afghan Mountains semi-desert]] | [[Afghanistan]] |- | [[Alashan Plateau semi-desert]] | [[China]], [[Mongolia]] |- | [[Arabian Desert]] | [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Palestine]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]] |- | [[Atlantic coastal desert]] | [[Mauritania]], [[Western Sahara]] |- | [[Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe]] | [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Iran]] |- | [[Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert]] | [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] |- | [[Baluchistan xeric woodlands]] | [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] |- | [[Caspian lowland desert]] | [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]], [[Turkmenistan]] |- | [[Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands]] | [[Afghanistan]] |- | [[Central Asian northern desert]] | [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]] |- | [[Central Asian riparian woodlands]] | [[Kazakhstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] |- | [[Central Asian southern desert]] | [[Kazakhstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] |- | [[Central Persian desert basins]] | [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] |- | [[Eastern Gobi desert steppe]] | [[China]], [[Mongolia]] |- | [[Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe]] | [[Mongolia]] |- | [[Great Lakes Basin desert steppe]] | [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]] |- | [[Dzungaria|Junggar Basin semi-desert]] | [[China]], [[Mongolia]] |- | [[Kazakh semi-desert]] | [[Kazakhstan]] |- | [[Kopet Dag semi-desert]] | [[Iran]], [[Turkmenistan]] |- | [[Mesopotamian shrub desert]] | [[Iraq]], [[Iran]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Syria]] |- | [[North Saharan steppe and woodlands]] | [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Mauritania]], [[Morocco]], [[Tunisia]], [[Western Sahara]] |- | [[Paropamisus xeric woodlands]] | [[Afghanistan]] |- | [[Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert]] | [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]] |- | [[Qaidam Basin semi-desert]] | [[China]] |- | [[Red Sea coastal desert]] | [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]] |- | [[Red Sea Nubo–Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert]] | [[Egypt]], [[Jordan]], [[Oman]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]] |- | [[Registan–North Pakistan sandy desert]] | [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]] |- | [[Sahara desert (ecoregion)|Sahara desert]] | [[Algeria]], [[Chad]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Mali]], [[Niger]], [[Sudan]], [[Western Sahara]] |- | [[South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert]] | [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Pakistan]] |- | [[South Saharan steppe and woodlands]] | [[Algeria]], [[Chad]], [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Niger]], [[Sudan]] |- | [[Taklamakan Desert|Taklimakan desert]] | [[China]] |- | [[Tibesti–Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands]] | [[Chad]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Sudan]] |- | [[West Saharan montane xeric woodlands]] | [[Algeria]], [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Niger]] |}
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