West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests

West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests
Bugotak Hills Protected Area, Novosibirsk Oblast
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	Kazakh forest steppe Sayan montane conifer forests South Siberian forest steppe West Siberian taiga
Geography
Area	223,516 km2 (86,300 sq mi)
Country	Russia

The West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests, also known as the Western Siberian hemiboreal forests, is an ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0444) in Russia. It consists of a thin band of mixed forest along the southernmost edge of the West Siberian taiga (coniferous forests) in Western Siberia, and north of the forest steppe belt. The biodiversity of the zone is the highest in Siberia, due to its transitional position between many different ecoregions. The area acts as a long corridor for migration of animals along the east-west axis. The ecoregion is in the Palearctic realm, with a Humid Continental climate. It covers 223,516 km² (86,300 sq mi).^[1]