List of ecoregions in Iran explained
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]
Freshwater ecoregions
Notes and 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