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.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
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
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