Forests in the Caucasus ecoregion

Forests in the Caucasus ecoregion (map/graphic/illustration)

Click here, or on the graphic, for full resolution.
Forests in the Caucasus ecoregion. About 17% of the total land area of the Caucasus is covered by forests, primarily found between altitudes of 500-2000m and growing on steep slopes. Most forests are broadleaf forests but a number of different types are found, including birch forests, oak forests, fir forests, alder forests and wing nuts forests. In Georgia the total area covered by forests is 40% while forest areas in the Northern Caucasus amount to 11.4%, in Azerbaijan to 14-15% and in Armenia to 10% only. In the Southern Caucasus most forests are found in the Greater and Lesser Caucasus, while in the Northern Caucasus most forestland is found in North Ossetia. In the Turkish and Iranian part of the Caucasus dense forest cover occurs along the Black and Caspian Seas only.
Sources WWF-Caucasus
Cartographer/
Designer
WWF-Caucasus, design Manana Kurtubadze
Appears in Caucasus ecoregion - environment and human development issues
Published 2008
Feedback/Comment/Inquiry Feedback form
Search for other graphics With related subjects
Covering the same geographic area
Use constraints

Using the graphics and referring to them is encouraged, and please use them in presentations, web pages, newspapers, blogs and reports.
For any form of publication, please include this link:
http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/forests-in-the-caucasus-ecore
gion

Please give the cartographer/designer/author credit (in this case WWF-Caucasus, design Manana Kurtubadze) and give full recognition to the data sources used in the graphic.

Feel free to feature links to this page, or other pages on this site, but please refrain from linking to the actual graphics files directly, if possible (i.e. inline linking).

Re-publishing the full resolution version of the graphics (high-quality png and pdf), un-modified, as digital files for download requires approval from UNEP/GRID-Arendal (use this form).

We do appreciate if you have the possibility to send us a copy of any printed publications featuring our graphics. See the UNEP/GRID-Arendal contact page for mailing address.

Available Downloads
(please review use constraints above)
pdf file Download this graphic in pdf format, 1839 KB, suitable for print and editing.
png file Download this graphic in png format, 1059 KB , suitable for web-sites, documents or presentations.
Citation/Reference

Here are some suggestions for the the proper citation, in a number of styles that can just be copied and pasted into any documents. This is based on the template provided by Wikipedia. For reference to any printed material, please see the details of the collection or collections this graphic is published in, which may be published in paper format.

Click here to see citation styles and templates for Forests in the Caucasus ecoregion
Sharing/Bookmark
Share on facebookFacebook
Share through StumbleuponStumbleupon
Bookmark and share through DeliciousDelicious
Share through DiggDigg
Share through redditreddit
What is this?