The ecoregion lies mostly in the Kura-Aras Lowland, drained by the Kura River which flows eastward to empty into the Caspian Sea, and its southern tributary the Aras.

[1] The main plant communities include shrub deserts, steppe, open woodlands, riparian forests in river floodplains, and wetlands.

[1] Areas with saline soils are made up of halophytic plants, and are of two are two main types - Salsola dendroides deserts with ephemeral herbs and grasses and Artemisia lercheana, and halophytic wormwood deserts of Artemisia szowitziana with therophytes, including species of Petrosimonia, Climacoptera, Salicornia, and Halimocnemis.

Understory shrubs include Paliurus spina-christi, Jasminum fruticans, Berberis iberica, Rhamnus pallasii, and Prunus subg.

[1] Native birds include peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), and black stork (Ciconia nigra).

[1] Native reptiles include the Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca), Lebetine viper (Macrovipera lebetina), western sand boa (Eryx jaculus), and Dahl's whip snake (Platyceps najadum).