Elburz Range forest steppe

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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
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate coniferous forests
Borders	List Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests Central Persian desert basins Eastern Anatolian montane steppe Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe Zagros Mountains forest steppe
Geography
Area	63,300 km2 (24,400 sq mi)
Country	Iran

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.