Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe

Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
Biometemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
BordersTaklimakan desert
Geography
Area54,533 km2 (21,055 sq mi)
CountriesChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected4,051 km2 (7%)[1]

The Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. The ecoregion includes deciduous riparian forests and steppes sustained by the region's rivers in an otherwise arid region.

  1. ^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; Joshi, Anup; et al. (5 April 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. ISSN 0006-3568. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.

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