Junggar Semi-Desert & Ermin Valley Steppe (PA38) Junggar Semi-Desert & Ermin Valley Steppe (PA38)

Junggar & Alashan Semi-deserts bioregion

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.

  • 97,982
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 2
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 69%
    Protection Target
  • 2
    Protection Level

The Junggar & Alashan Semi-deserts bioregion is located in the East Asian Deserts subrealm in Eastern Eurasia and contains two ecoregions—Alashan Plateau Semi-Desert (808), Junggar Basin Semi-Desert (827)—totaling approximately 97 million hectares of land area.

Learn more about each of the  Junggar & Alashan Semi-deserts ecoregions below.

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Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
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