Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
The Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests ecoregion, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, is in the eastern Mediterranean Basin.
Lebanon cedar is a characteristic tree.Geography
The ecoregion covers an area of, in portions of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
The ecoregion lies mainly in the Taurus Mountains, which run through southern Anatolia roughly parallel to the coast. The ecoregion also includes the higher-elevation portions of the Levantine Syrian Coastal Mountains, Lebanon Mountains, and Anti-Lebanon Mountains, which run parallel to the eastern Mediterranean coast. Temperate-climate forests and steppes lie to the north. The Mediterranean-climate Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests ecoregion lies along the southern Anatolian coast, in the Levantine midlands and lowlands, and to the east.
