Ordos Plateau Steppe & Mountain Conifer Forests (PA42)

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Ordos Plateau Steppe & Mountain Conifer Forests 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.

  • 24,069
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 2
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 10%
    Protection Target
  • 8
    Protection Level

The Ordos Plateau Steppe & Mountain Conifer Forests bioregion is part of the Mongolian Grasslands subrealm located in the Eastern Eurasia realm (eastern Palearctic) and contains two ecoregions—Helanshan Montane Conifer Forests (696), Ordos Plateau Steppe (761)—totaling approximately 24 million hectares of land area.

The Ordos Plateau Steppe & Mountain Conifer Forests bioregion is part of the Mongolian Grasslands subrealm and is made up of two ecoregions: (1) Helanshan Montane Conifer Forests (2) Ordos Plateau Steppe. 

Learn more about each of the Ordos Plateau Steppe & Mountain Conifer Forests ecoregions below.

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