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Mesopotamian shrub desert (PA1320)

 

Mesopotamian shrub desert
Satellite view of the desert in northwest Iraq
Photograph by USGS


 

Where
Western Asia: Northern Iraq into Syria and Jordan
Biome
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

  Size
81,500 square miles (211,000 square kilometers) -- about the size of Kansas
Vulnerable
 
 

· Location and General Description
· Biodiversity Features
· Current Status
· Threats
· Ecoregion Justification
· References
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Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation

References


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