List of ecoregions in Kazakhstan

The following is a list of ecoregions in Kazakhstan as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial

Temperate coniferous forests

  • Altai montane forest and forest steppe (China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia)
  • Tian Shan montane conifer forests (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia)

Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands

  • Altai steppe and semi-desert (Kazakhstan, China)
  • Emin Valley steppe (Kazakhstan, China)
  • Kazakh forest steppe (Kazakhstan, Russia)
  • Kazakh steppe (Kazakhstan, Russia)
  • Kazakh upland (Kazakhstan)
  • Pontic steppe (Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan)
  • Tian Shan foothill arid steppe (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China)

Montane grasslands and shrublands

  • Altai alpine meadow and tundra (China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

  • Caspian lowland desert (Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan)
  • Central Asian northern desert (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
  • Central Asian riparian woodlands (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
  • Central Asian southern desert (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
  • Junggar Basin semi-desert (Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia)
  • Kazakh semi-desert (Kazakhstan)
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