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772:"Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe"
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467:and other shrubs in the understory.
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631:Vashlovani Strict Nature Reserve
101:Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
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1017:Great Lakes Basin desert steppe
1012:Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe
931:Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert
623:Turyanchay State Nature Reserve
91:Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests
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615:Korchay State Nature Sanctuary
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951:Central Asian northern desert
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561:Native reptiles include the
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475:Native mammals include the
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607:Gobustan National Park
434:Quercus pedunculiflora
383:Paliurus spina-christi
371:Bothriochloa ischaemum
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35:Gobustan State Reserve
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971:Kopet Dag semi-desert
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502:Native birds include
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575:Macrovipera lebetina
540:Haliaeetus albicilla
497:Cervus elaphus maral
489:Mesocricetus brandti
297:Catabrosella humilis
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333:Artemisia lercheana
285:Artemisia lercheana
166:Critical/endangered
162:Conservation status
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407:Jasminum fruticans
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544:black stork
524:Gyps fulvus
343:therophytes
291:Poa bulbosa
222:Caspian Sea
190:Caspian Sea
1042:Categories
820:ecoregions
814:Palearctic
698:BioScience
641:References
356:Salicornia
323:halophytic
218:Kura River
194:Azerbaijan
136:Azerbaijan
66:Palearctic
1002:Dzungaria
395:Juniperus
280:Artemisia
208:Geography
171:Protected
129:Countries
116:Geography
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276:wormwood
230:Caucasus
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258:Climate
252:Tbilisi
198:Georgia
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