Eastern Anatolian montane steppe

Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
	Landscape overlooking Lake Van in eastern Turkey
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests; Caucasus mixed forests; Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests; Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests; Elburz Range forest steppe; Zagros Mountains forest-steppe;
Geography
Area	168,381 km2 (65,012 sq mi)
Countries	List Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Iran; Turkey;
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	8,202 km2 (5%)

The Eastern Anatolian montane steppe is a temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion. It is located in the Armenian Highlands, covering parts of eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern Georgia, and northwestern Iran.

^ "Eastern Anatolian steppe". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^ Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; et al. (June 2017). "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". BioScience. 67 (6): 534–545. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Supplemental material 2 table S1b.