Balkan mixed forests

Danubian and 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 Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests; Carpathian montane forests; Central European mixed forests; Dinaric Mountains mixed forests; East European forest steppe; 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%)

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.

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