List of ecoregions in Iran

Iran is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome. ===Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests=== • Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests • Zagros Mountains forest steppe • Caucasus mixed forest ===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==