List of ecoregions in Afghanistan explained

The following is a list of ecoregions in Afghanistan, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF):

Terrestrial ecoregions

Temperate coniferous forests

• East Afghan montane conifer 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