tugay

thumb|upright=1.2|Tugai vegetation along the Syr-Darya in [[Kazakhstan, Central Asia.]]

Tugay is a form of riparian forest or woodland associated with fluvial and floodplain areas in arid climates. These wetlands are subject to periodic inundation, and largely dependent on floods and groundwater rather than directly from rainfall. Tugay habitats occur in semi-arid and desert climates in Central Asia. Because Tugay habitat is usually linear, following the courses of rivers in arid landscapes, Tugay communities often function as wildlife corridors. They have disappeared or become fragmented over much of their former range. thumb|Euphrates poplar trees and [[tamarix bushes at the Ekhiin-Gol Oasis in the Gobi Desert.]]