Euxine–Colchic deciduous forests

Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests
Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests
	Rize province, Turkey
	Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests ecoregion along the southern coast of Black Sea, shown in yellow.
Ecology
Realm	Palearctic
Biome	temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Borders	List Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests; Balkan mixed forests; Caucasus mixed forests; Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests; Anatolian conifer and deciduous mixed forests;
Geography
Area	73,828 km2 (28,505 sq mi)
Countries	Bulgaria; Georgia; Turkey;
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	784 km² (1%)

The Euxine–Colchic deciduous forests is an ecoregion of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests along the southern shore of the Black Sea. The ecoregion extends along the thin coastal strip from the southeastern corner of Bulgaria in the west, across the northern coast of Turkey, to Georgia in the east, where it wraps around the eastern end of the Black Sea.

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