Caucasus mixed forests

Caucasus mixed forests

The Caucasus mixed forests is a temperate mixed forest ecoregion that covers the Caucasus range, which forms the traditional border between Europe and Asia, as well as the adjacent Lesser Caucasus range and the eastern end of the Pontic Mountains. The ecoregion covers an area of 170,300 square kilometers (65,800 square miles), extending across portions of Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Armenia.

External links

* [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa0408_full.html Caucasus mixed forests (World Wildlife Fund)]


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