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396:(in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Romania),
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48:Location of the Balkan mixed forests (in purple)
316:, Mountains, where they are substituted by the
336:and occupy 224,400 km (86,600 sq. mi) in
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420:The climate of the ecoregion is mostly of
384:(in Greece, North Macedonia and Albania),
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162:224,344 km (86,620 sq mi)
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1020:Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
624:temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
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372:. The ecoregion is surrounded by the
279:temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
77:Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
925:Ecoregions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
320:. It extends from approximately the
376:(in Turkey, Georgia and Bulgaria),
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404:(both in Romania), as well as the
398:Carpathian montane conifer forests
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22:Danubian and Balkan mixed forests
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374:Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests
120:Euxine-Colchic broadleaf forests
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386:Dinaric Mountains mixed forests
110:Dinaric Mountains mixed forests
16:Terrestrial ecoregion of Europe
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526:List of ecoregions in Bulgaria
402:Central European mixed forests
382:Pindus Mountains mixed forests
145:Central European mixed forests
135:Pindus Mountains mixed forests
125:Central European mixed forests
105:Central European mixed forests
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950:Ecoregions of North Macedonia
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444:Several species of deciduous
430:humid warm summer continental
392:and Bosnia and Herzegovina),
1005:Flora of Southeastern Europe
531:List of ecoregions in Greece
494:. The highest peaks support
324:valley to the coasts of the
318:Rodope montane mixed forests
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140:Rodope montane mixed forests
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732:East European forest steppe
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434:temperate rainforest relict
406:East European forest steppe
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130:Pannonian mixed forests
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585:. World Wildlife Fund.
583:Terrestrial Ecoregions
579:"Balkan mixed forests"
342:Bosnia and Herzegovina
269:according to both the
184:Bosnia and Herzegovina
1015:Palearctic ecoregions
955:Ecoregions of Romania
920:Ecoregions of Albania
869:South Sakhalin–Kurile
854:Northeast China Plain
470:and such conifers as
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960:Ecoregions of Serbia
940:Ecoregions of Greece
935:Ecoregions of Europe
574:at Wikimedia Commons
572:Balkan mixed forests
277:. It belongs in the
259:Balkan mixed forests
251:27,536 km (12%)
506:Circumboreal Region
502:Phytogeographically
243:critical/endangered
239:Conservation status
879:Taiheiyo evergreen
859:Qin Ling Mountains
844:Nihonkai evergreen
814:Changbai Mountains
448:(most prominently
261:are a terrestrial
975:Flora of Bulgaria
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778:Eastern Anatolian
773:Central Anatolian
763:Caspian Hyrcanian
727:Dinaric Mountains
570:Media related to
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510:Holarctic Kingdom
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451:Quercus frainetto
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884:Taiheiyo montane
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914:Categories
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627:ecoregions
621:Palearctic
537:References
488:silver fir
476:Scots pine
472:Black pine
390:Montenegro
204:Montenegro
65:Palearctic
797:East Asia
756:West Asia
737:Pannonian
457:Q. cerris
428:(Cfa) to
300:, mainly
292:Geography
263:ecoregion
248:Protected
167:Countries
154:Geography
829:HokkaidĹŤ
768:Caucasus
747:Sarmatic
691:Pyrenees
686:Po Basin
646:Atlantic
641:Apennine
520:See also
346:Bulgaria
302:Bulgaria
284:and the
189:Bulgaria
676:Madeira
416:Climate
358:Romania
338:Albania
330:Marmara
310:Rhodope
298:Balkans
214:Romania
179:Albania
83:Borders
54:Ecology
894:Ussuri
742:Rodope
712:Balkan
666:Celtic
656:Baltic
651:Azores
422:Köppen
370:Turkey
366:Kosovo
362:Greece
354:Serbia
314:Balkan
267:Europe
224:Turkey
219:Serbia
199:Kosovo
194:Greece
440:Flora
326:Black
322:Drina
282:biome
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