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This is a list of ecoregions in Iraq. Terrestrial ecoregions. Iraq is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome. [1]
Pages in category "Ecoregions of Iraq" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Middle East steppe ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0812) stretches in an arc from southern Jordan across Syria and Iraq to the western border of Iran. The upper plains of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers dominate most of the ecoregion. The terrain is mostly open shrub steppe.
The ecoregion includes both the Mesopotamian Marshes and the Shadegan Ponds, a wetland on the lower Karun River in neighboring Iran. [17] The marshes are integral to coastal health, filtering out pollutants and waste before they reach the Gulf, [ 18 ] though this capacity was significantly degraded after their draining. [ 19 ]
The ecoregion's climate is semi-arid and temperate. Annual precipitation ranges from 400 m to 800 mm, and falls mostly in winter and spring. Summers are hot and dry, and winters are cold, with the coldest winter temperatures dropping below −25 °C (-13 °F). Temperatures are generally warmer and the climate drier at the southern end of the range.
Iraq is home to seven terrestrial ecoregions: Zagros Mountains forest steppe, Middle East steppe, Mesopotamian Marshes, Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests, Arabian Desert, Mesopotamian shrub desert, and South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert.
List of ecoregions in Iran; List of ecoregions in Iraq; ... List of ecoregions in the United States: Environmental Protection Agency version; World Wildlife Fund version;
Overview map of Iraq Topography of Iraq. The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain extending from around Tikrit to the Persian Gulf.