List of ecoregions in Azerbaijan

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This is a list of ecoregions in Azerbaijan.

Terrestrial ecoregions[edit]

Azerbaijan is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests[edit]

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]

Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]

Freshwater ecoregions[edit]

  • Caspian Marine
  • Kura - South Caspian Drainages
  • Western Caspian Drainages

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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