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

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

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
• Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe
• Badghyz and 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

Freshwater ecoregions

• Baluchistan
• Caspian Highlands
• Esfahan
• Helmand-Sistan
• Kavir and Lut Deserts
• Kura-South Caspian Drainages
• Namak
• Northern Hormuz Drainages
• Orumiyeh
• Lower Tigris and Euphrates
• Upper Tigris and Euphrates
• Turan Plain
• Upper Amu Darya

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