Natural History

Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests

The Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests is an ecoregion in the lands around the Aegean Sea. The ecoregion covers most of mainland Greece, the Aegean Islands (except for Crete), the western coast of Turkey, the southern Vardar river valley in North Macedonia, the southern Struma river valley at the extreme south-western corner of Bulgaria, as well as Greece's Heptanese Islands in the Ionian Sea. The ecoregion has a Mediterranean climate, and is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸California condor
• ▸Cedar Hill State Park
• ▸Bratislava Zoo

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