**2.2 Irano-Turanian region**

This area surrounds the Mediterranean region from the west and the east. It extends to the Syrian Desert to the northeast. Few scattered trees can be observed, mainly *J. phoenicea* and *P. atlantica* trees. Shrubs of *Anabasis articulata*, *Artemesia herba-alba*, *Astragulus spinosum*, *Retama raetam*, *Urginea maritima*, *Ziziphus lotus*,

*The biogeographic regions of Jordan (modified after Al-Eisawi [19]).*

*Diversity and Conservation of Bats in Jordan DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100407*

#### **Figure 2.**

*Habitat types: (A, B) Temperate Mediterranean habitat with an abundance of evergreen oak (Quercus sp.) and pine forests in northern Jordan. (C) Sand dunes with Haloxylon shrubs and Acacia trees in Wadi Araba. (D) Open Hamada in eastern Jordan with ample bushes of Seidlitzia rosmarinus. (E) Wadi Ramm with sandstone mountains. (F) The riparian habitat at the Yarmouk River Basin in northern Jordan.*

*Zygophyllum dumosum* are dominant. Altitudes range from 400 to 700 m asl, with 50–100 mm average annual rainfall. Surface soil is very thin or absent in some instances, while surface rock outcrops are very high [20].
