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.

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

Middle East 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

Arabian desert

Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe

Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert

Baluchistan xeric woodlands

Caspian lowland desert

Central Persian desert basins

Kopet Dag semi-desert

Mesopotamian shrub desert

Registan–North Pakistan sandy 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

Iran

Iran geography-related lists