Taklimakan Desert & Lowland Deciduous Forests (PA39) Taklimakan Desert & Lowland Deciduous Forests (PA39)

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Taklimakan Desert & Lowland Deciduous 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.

  • 79,813
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 2
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 71%
    Protection Target
  • 2
    Protection Level

The Taklimakan Desert & Lowland Deciduous Forests bioregion is located in the Eastern Eurasia realm (eastern Palearctic) and contains two ecoregions – Tarim Basin Deciduous Forests and Steppe (684), Taklimakan Desert (843) – totaling approximately 80 million hectares of land area.

The Taklimakan Desert & Lowland Deciduous Forests bioregion is part of the East Asian Deserts subrealm and is made up of two ecoregions: (1) Tarim Basin Deciduous Forests and Steppe (2) Taklimakan Desert.

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