Red Sea, Arabian Deserts & Salt Marshes 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.
The Red Sea, Arabian Deserts & Salt Marshes bioregion is part of the Greater Arabian Peninsula subrealm located in the Southern Eurasia realm (southern Palearctic). It contains 15 ecoregions—Al-Hajar Foothill Xeric Woodlands and Shrublands (722), Al-Hajar Montane Woodlands and Shrublands (723), Syrian Xeric Grasslands and Shrublands (739), Tigris-Euphrates Alluvial Salt Marsh (747), Arabian Desert (809), Arabian Sand Desert (810), Arabian-Persian Gulf Coastal Plain Desert (811), East Arabian Fog Shrublands and Sand Desert (821), Mesopotamian Shrub Desert (830), North Arabian Desert (831), North Arabian Highland Shrublands (832), Red Sea Coastal Desert (836), Red Sea-Arabian Desert Shrublands (837) South Arabian Plains and Plateau Desert (840), Red Sea Mangroves (115)—totaling approximately 333 million hectares of land area.
The Red Sea, Arabian Deserts & Salt Marshes bioregion is part of the Greater Arabian Peninsula subrealm and is made up of 14 terrestrial ecoregions and the Red Sea Mangroves: (1) South Arabian Plains and Plateau Desert (2) East Arabian Fog Shrublands and Sand Desert (3) Arabian-Persian Gulf Coastal Plain Desert (4) Al-Hajar Foothill Xeric Woodlands and Shrublands (5) Al-Hajar Montane Woodlands and Shrublands (6) Arabian Sand Desert (7) Arabian Desert (8) Red Sea-Arabian Desert Shrublands (9) North Arabian Highland Shrublands (10) North Arabian Desert (11) Tigris-Euphrates Alluvial Salt Marsh (12) Mesopotamian Shrub Desert (13) Syrian Xeric Grasslands and Shrublands (14) Red Sea Coastal Desert.
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