Back غابات الصحراء الغربية الجبلية الجافة Arabic Boscs xeròfits montans del Sàhara occidental Catalan Okcident-saharaj montar-kserofitaraj duonarbaroj Esperanto Monte xerófilo del Sahara occidental Spanish Boschi xerofili montani del Sahara occidentale Italian Західносахарські гірські склерофітні рідколісся Ukrainian
| West Saharan montane xeric woodlands | |
|---|---|
 Ahaggar National Park in Algeria | |
 Location of the ecoregion (in yellow) | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Palearctic |
| Biome | deserts and xeric shrublands |
| Geography | |
| Area | 257,460 km2 (99,410 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Climate type | hot and dry, sometimes extremely so |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | relatively intact |
| Protected | 107,606 km2 (42%)[1] |
The West Saharan montane xeric woodlands is an ecoregion that extends across several highland regions in the Sahara. Surrounded at lower elevations by the largely barren Sahara, the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands are isolated refuges of plants and animals that can survive in the higher humidity and lower temperatures of the highlands.
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix014