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Altai Mountain Forests, Grasslands & Desert Steppe Bioregion

The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The protection goal is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.

  • 47,383
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 4
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 50%
    Protection Target
  • 3
    Protection Level

The Altai Mountain Forests, Grasslands & Desert Steppe bioregion is located in the Central Eurasia realm (central Palearctic) and contains four ecoregions – Altai Montane Forest and Forest Steppe (690), Altai Steppe and Semi-Desert (724), Emin Valley Steppe (729), Altai Alpine Meadow and Tundra (749) – totaling more than 47 million hectares of land area.

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Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon)

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Altai argali (Ovis ammon ammon)
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