Ecoregions
40 WWF terrestrial ecoregions
Biodiversity Heatmap
Species count by biogeographic realm and taxonomic class
| Realm | Acidimicrobiia | Acidobacteriae | Aconoidasida | Actinomycetia | Actinopterygii | Aenigmatarchaeia | Agaricomycetes | Alphaproteobacteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrotropic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Australasia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Indomalaya | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Nearctic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neotropic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Oceania | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Palearctic | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Antarctic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Low
High
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands (40)
East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
AT1303
Palearctic
27776 km²
Red Sea coastal desert
AT1317
Palearctic
58827 km²
Afghan Mountains semi-desert
PA1301
Palearctic
13682 km²
Alashan Plateau semi-desert
PA1302
Palearctic
674351 km²
Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe
PA1305
Palearctic
64090 km²
Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert
PA1306
Palearctic
133646 km²
Baluchistan xeric woodlands
PA1307
Palearctic
288424 km²
Caspian lowland desert
PA1308
Palearctic
267975 km²
Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands
PA1309
Palearctic
139333 km²
Central Asian northern desert
PA1310
Palearctic
663852 km²
Central Asian riparian woodlands
PA1311
Palearctic
88800 km²
Central Asian southern desert
PA1312
Palearctic
567376 km²
Central Persian desert basins
PA1313
Palearctic
580655 km²
Eastern Gobi desert steppe
PA1314
Palearctic
282368 km²
Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe
PA1315
Palearctic
139713 km²
Great Lakes Basin desert steppe
PA1316
Palearctic
157706 km²
Junggar Basin semi-desert
PA1317
Palearctic
304941 km²
Kazakh semi-desert
PA1318
Palearctic
680441 km²
Kopet Dag semi-desert
PA1319
Palearctic
26285 km²
Mesopotamian shrub desert
PA1320
Palearctic
204457 km²
Paropamisus xeric woodlands
PA1322
Palearctic
92609 km²
Qaidam Basin semi-desert
PA1324
Palearctic
192144 km²
Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
PA1326
Palearctic
276999 km²
South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert
PA1328
Palearctic
350891 km²
Taklimakan desert
PA1330
Palearctic
742657 km²
Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
PA1331
Palearctic
82012 km²
West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
PA1332
Palearctic
257460 km²
Arabian desert
PA13809
Palearctic
815596 km²
Arabian sand desert
PA13810
Palearctic
713576 km²
Arabian-Persian Gulf coastal plain desert
PA13811
Palearctic
121500 km²
East Arabian fog shrublands and sand desert
PA13821
Palearctic
17607 km²
East Sahara Desert
PA13822
Palearctic
1537722 km²
North Arabian desert
PA13831
Palearctic
467584 km²
North Arabian highland shrublands
PA13832
Palearctic
8080 km²
North Saharan Xeric Steppe and Woodland
PA13833
Palearctic
1598649 km²
Red Sea-Arabian Desert shrublands
PA13837
Palearctic
313943 km²
Saharan Atlantic coastal desert
PA13839
Palearctic
39817 km²
South Arabian plains and plateau desert
PA13840
Palearctic
371277 km²
South Sahara desert
PA13842
Palearctic
2915174 km²
West Sahara desert
PA13845
Palearctic
743607 km²