Elburz Range forest steppe

Elburz Range forest steppe
Mount Damavand in the Alborz Mountains of Iran, the tallest mountain in the Middle East.
Map of ecoregion in Iran
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
Biometemperate coniferous forests
Borders
Geography
Area63,300 km2 (24,400 sq mi)
CountryIran

The Elburz Range forest steppe ecoregion is an arid, mountainous 1,000-kilometer arc south of the Caspian Sea, stretching across northern Iran from the Azerbaijan border to near the Turkmenistan border. It covers 63,300 square kilometres (24,400 sq mi) and encompasses the southern and eastern slopes of the Alborz Mountains as well as their summits. The Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests ecoregion's lush green mountainsides and plains receive moisture from the Caspian Sea from this ecoregion's northern border. The vast Central Persian desert basins ecoregion forms its southern border.