Greater Gobi Desert (PA43) Greater Gobi Desert (PA43)

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Mongolian Desert Steppes 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.

  • 109,707
    Total Land Area (1000 ha)
  • 3
    Number of Ecoregions
  • 69%
    Protection Target
  • 1
    Protection Level

The Mongolian Desert Steppes bioregion is located in the East Asian Desert subrealm. It contains three ecoregions–Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe (824), Gobi Lakes Valley Desert Steppe (825), Great Lakes Basin Desert Steppe (826)—totaling nearly 110 million hectares of land area.

Learn more about each of the Mongolian Desert Steppes ecoregions below.

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