Gissaro–Alai open woodlands

Gissaro-Alai open woodlands
Gissaro-Alai open woodlands
	Ugam River, in Tashkent Province of Uzbekistan
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Alai–Western Tian Shan steppe; Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert; Central Asian northern desert; Hindu Kush alpine meadow; Pamir alpine desert and tundra; Paropamisus xeric woodlands; Tian Shan montane conifer forests; Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows;
Geography
Area	168,090 km2 (64,900 sq mi)
Countries	List Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan,; Uzbekistan; Afghanistan;
Coordinates	40°45′N 70°15′E / 40.75°N 70.25°E

The Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0808) covers the western foothills winding around two western offshoots of the Tian Shan Mountains in western Tajikistan, and parts of eastern Uzbekistan and western Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia. The woodlands are typically of Juniper trees and shrubs, fitting the altitude zone situated between the desert valley floor (mostly on the west), and the tree line, above which the mountain ridges are glaciated and barren.