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Semi-desert and steppe vegetation, as well as arid light forests, are confined mainly to the intermountain part of East Georgia, namely to the Inner Kartli and the Lower Kartli Lowlands and the Iori plateau.
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Nakhutsrishvili, G. (2013). The Vegetation of Semi-Deserts, Steppes and Arid Open Woodlands. In: The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus). Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29915-5_5
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