List of ecoregions in Iraq
This is a list of ecoregions in Iraq.
Terrestrial ecoregions
Iraq is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Middle East steppe
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Arabian Desert
- Mesopotamian shrub desert
- Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert
- South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert
Freshwater ecoregions
- Arabian Interior
- Lower Tigris and Euphrates
- Upper Tigris and Euphrates
Marine ecoregions
- Persian Gulf
References
- ^ 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
