1. Tundra

Cherskii-Kolyma mountain tundra

  • Scientific Code
    (PA1103)
  • Ecoregion Category
    Palearctic
  • Size
    214,900 square miles
  • Status
    Relatively Stable/Intact
  • Habitats

Description

Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
This ecoregion consists of montane tundra regions of northeast Siberia. Mapped ecoregion boundaries correspond to the montane tundra in the East Siberian vegetation province in Kurnaev’s (1990) forest map of the USSR. 

References
Kurnaev, S. 1990. Forest regionalization of the USSR (1:16,000,000) Moscow: Dept. of Geodesy and Cartography

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