Himalayan-Pamir Alpine Shrub & Meadows (PA41)

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Himalayan-Pamir Alpine Shrub & MeadowsBioregion

The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The conservation target is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.

  • 63,741
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 8
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 39%
    Protection Target
  • 5
    Protection Level

The Himalayan-Pamir Alpine Shrub & Meadows bioregion is part of the Tibetan Plateau subrealm located in the Eastern Eurasia realm (eastern Palearctic). It contains eight ecoregions—Northeastern Himalayan Subalpine Conifer Forests (702), Eastern Himalayan Alpine Shrub and Meadows (751), Hindu Kush Alpine Meadow (753), Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau Alpine Steppe (754), Northwestern Himalayan Alpine Shrub and Meadows (760), Pamir Alpine Desert and Tundra (762) Western Himalayan Alpine Shrub and Meadows (769), Yarlung Zanbo Arid Steppe (770).

Learn more about each of the Himalayan-Pamir Alpine Shrub & Meadows ecoregions below.

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