Transbaikal conifer forests

Transbaikal conifer forests
Buryatia landscape
Buryatia landscape
Transbaikal conifer forests (in purple)
Transbaikal conifer forests ecoregion (in purple)
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeBoreal forests/taiga
Geography
Area200,465 km2 (77,400 sq mi)
CountriesRussia, Mongolia
Coordinates51°N 110°E / 51°N 110°E / 51; 110
Climate typeSubarctic, dry winters (Koppen Dwc)

The Transbaikal conifer forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0609) covers a 1,000 km by 1,000 km region of mountainous southern taiga stretching east and south from the shores of Lake Baikal in the Southern Siberia region of Russia, and including part of northern Mongolia.[1] Historically, the area has been called "Dauria", or Transbaikal ("the land beyond Lake Baikal"). It is in the Palearctic realm, and mostly in the boreal forests/taiga biome with a subarctic, humid climate. It covers 200,465 km2 (77,400 sq mi).[2][3]

  1. ^ "Trans-Baikal conifer forests". Global Species. Myers Enterprises II. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Trans-Baikal conifer forests". Wild World Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic / Internet Archive Wayback. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Olson, David M; Dinerstein, Eric (Spring 2002). "The Global 200: Priority Ecoregions for Global Conservation" (PDF). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 89 (2): 199–224. doi:10.2307/3298564. JSTOR 3298564.