List of ecoregions in Mongolia

The following is a list of ecoregions in Mongolia, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF):

Terrestrial

Temperate coniferous forests

  • Altai montane forest and forest steppe (China, Khazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia)
  • Khangai Mountains conifer forests (Mongolia)
  • Sayan montane conifer forests (Mongolia, Russia)

Boreal forests/taiga

  • Trans-Baikal conifer forests (Mongolia, Russia)

Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands

  • Daurian forest steppe (China, Mongolia, Russia)
  • Mongolian-Manchurian grassland (China, Mongolia, Russia)
  • Sayan Intermontane steppe (Russia)
  • Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe (Mongolia, Russia)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

  • Altai alpine meadow and tundra (China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia)
  • Khangai Mountains alpine meadow (Mongolia)
  • Sayan alpine meadows and tundra (Mongolia, Russia)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

  • Alashan Plateau semi-desert (Mongolia, China)
  • Eastern Gobi desert steppe (Mongolia, China)
  • Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe (Mongolia, China)
  • Great Lakes Basin desert steppe (Mongolia, Russia)
  • Junggar Basin semi-desert (China, Mongolia, Khazakhstan)
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