Central Asian Deserts & Riparian Woodlands 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.
The Central Asian Deserts & Riparian Woodlands bioregion is part of the Caspian Sea & Central Asian Deserts subrealm located in the Central Eurasia realm (central Palearctic). It contains four ecoregions—Central Asian Northern Desert (817), Central Asian Riparian Woodlands (818), Central Asian Southern Desert (819), Kazakh Semi-Desert (828)—totaling approximately 200 million hectares of land area.
The Central Asian Deserts & Riparian Woodlands bioregion is part of the Caspian Sea & Central Asian Deserts subrealm and is made up of four ecoregions: (1) Kazakh Semi-Desert (2) Central Asian Riparian Woodlands (3) Central Asian Northern Desert (4) Central Asian Southern Desert.
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