Balkan mixed forests

Danubian and Balkan mixed forests
Forests on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Location of the Balkan mixed forests (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	List Euxine-Colchic broadleaf forests Central European mixed forests Pannonian mixed forests Pindus Mountains mixed forests Rodope montane mixed forests Central European mixed forests
Geography
Area	224,344 km2 (86,620 sq mi)
Countries	List Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Greece Kosovo Montenegro North Macedonia Romania Serbia Turkey
Conservation
Conservation status	critical/endangered
Protected	27,536 km2 (12%)[1]

The Balkan mixed forests are a terrestrial ecoregion of southeastern Europe according to both the WWF and Digital Map of European Ecological Regions by the European Environment Agency. It belongs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome and the Palearctic realm.

Geography

The Balkan mixed forests cover much of the valleys, plains and mountain slopes of the eastern

(both situated in Romania and Bulgaria).

Climate

The climate of the ecoregion is mostly of Köppen's humid subtropical (Cfa) to humid warm summer continental (Dfb) type, with wet winters. Some areas of relatively high rainfall have been considered a temperate rainforest relict.

Flora

Several species of deciduous

vegetation.

's delineation).

See also

• List of ecoregions in Bulgaria
• List of ecoregions in Greece

References

External links

• "Balkan mixed forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.