List of ecoregions in Afghanistan
The following is a list of ecoregions in Afghanistan, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF):
Terrestrial ecoregions[]
Temperate coniferous forests[]
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[]
- Gissaro-Alai open woodlands
Montane grasslands and shrublands[]
- Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow
- Hindu Kush alpine meadow
- Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
- Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
- Pamir alpine desert and tundra
- Sulaiman Range alpine meadows
Deserts and xeric shrublands[]
- Afghan Mountains semi-desert
- Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert
- Baluchistan xeric woodlands
- Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands
- Central Persian desert basins
- Paropamisus xeric woodlands
- Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
References[]
- C.Michael Hogan; World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Topic ed. Peter Saundry
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- Ecoregions of Afghanistan
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- Geography of Afghanistan
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- Natural history of Afghanistan