| Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests | |
|---|---|
 Landscape at Cape Sounion | |
 Map of the ecoregion | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Palearctic |
| Biome | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 126,377 km2 (48,794 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | critical/endangered |
| Protected | 23,189 km2 (18%)[1] |
The Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests is an ecoregion in the lands around the Aegean Sea. The ecoregion covers most of mainland Greece, the Greek Aegean Islands (except for Crete), the western coast of Turkey, the southern Vardar river valley in North Macedonia, the southern Struma river valley at the extreme south-western corner of Bulgaria.[2]
The ecoregion has a Mediterranean climate, and is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
- ^ "Ecoregions of Bulgaria". Retrieved 6 February 2015.