Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna

Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
	Landscape south of Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
	Map of the Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	deserts and xeric shrublands
Borders	Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert; Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert,; Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands; South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune;
Geography
Area	275,270 km2 (106,280 sq mi)
Countries	Oman; Saudi Arabia,; Yemen;
Conservation
Conservation status	critical/endangered
Protected	1.37%

The Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna, also known as the Southwestern Arabian Escarpment shrublands and woodlands,^[3] is a desert and xeric shrubland ecoregion of the southern Arabian Peninsula, covering portions of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman.

^ "Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^ "Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna". DOPA explorer. Accessed 31 January 2021. [1]
^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545 [2].