Pakistan has a wide variety of landscapes, having Riparian forest along the Indus, dry mountain ranges along the border with Afghanistan (like Safed Koh and Hindu Kush) and the Thar Desert shared with India. Much of the land is dry but there are humid areas especially along the lower Himalayas. This also gives Pakistan a high variety of ecoregions, both Palearctic and Indomalayan.Shah, M.; Baig, K.J. (1999). "Threatened Species Listing in Pakistan: status, issues and prospects". In IUCN (ed.). Using IUCN Red List Criteria at National Level: A Regional Consultative Workshop for South and Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka. IUCN Regional Biodiversity Program, Asia. pp. 70–81. Pakistan encompasses two Biodiversity hotspots: the Mountains of Central Asia and Himalayas.
This is a list of ecoregions of Pakistan.
Picture Realm Biome Ecoregion Region Indomalayan Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest Margalla hills Siwalik hills, West Himalaya (Islamabad Capital Territory) Indomalayan Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Himalayan subtropical pine forests West Himalaya(Azad Kashmir, north Punjab, north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Indomalayan Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Western Himalayan broadleaf forests West Himalaya(Azad Kashmir, north Punjab, north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Indomalayan Temperate coniferous forests Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests West Himalaya(Azad Kashmir, north Punjab, south Gilgit-Baltistan, north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Indomalayan Deserts and xeric shrublands Aravalli West Thorn Scrub Forests Along the Indus throughout central Punjab, Sindh and eastern Balochistan Indomalayan Deserts and xeric shrublands Indus Valley desert Punjab (between Chenab and Indus rivers) Indomalayan Deserts and xeric shrublands Thar desert East Sindh and south-east Punjab Indomalayan Flooded grasslands and savannas Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh East of coastal range of Sindh Indomalayan Mangrove Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves Coastal range of Sindh Palearctic Temperate coniferous forests East Afghan montane conifer forests Hindu Kush and Sulaiman ranges(north Balochistan, FATA, west Punjab and south Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)PalearcticMontane grasslands and shrublandsPamir alpine desert and tundraNorthern tip of Hunza District. (north Gilgit-Baltistan) Palearctic Montane grasslands and shrublands Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Karakoram, Pamir and North Himalaya (Gilgit–Baltistan) Palearctic Montane grasslands and shrublands Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows West Himalaya(Azad Kashmir, north Punjab, south Gilgit-Baltistan, north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)PalearcticMontane grasslands and shrublandsHindu Kush alpine meadowAlong the border with Afghanistan in Chitral District.PalearcticMontane grasslands and shrublandsSulaiman Range alpine meadowsParts of Northwestern Balochistan and West Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Palearctic Montane grasslands and shrublands Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands West Balochistan Palearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Baluchistan xeric woodlands Xeric areas of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and north-western Punjab Palearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert Sandy deserts of north-west Balochistan Palearctic Deserts and xeric shrublands South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert Southwest BalochistanPalearcticDeserts and xeric shrublandsCentral Afghan Mountains xeric woodlandsNorthern Musakhel District and surrounding areas (Far North-West Balochistan)
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