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'''Tugay''', also spelt '''tugai''', is a form of [[riparian zone|riparian]] [[forest]] or [[woodland]] associated with [[fluvial]] and [[floodplain]] areas subject to periodic inundation, and largely dependent on floods and groundwater rather than directly from rainfall. Because Tugay habitat is usually linear, following the courses of rivers in arid landscapes, Tugay [[plant community|communities]] often function as [[wildlife corridor]]s. Tugay habitats occur in [[semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] and [[desert climate]]s in the central Asian region and are highly sensitive to changes in water supply, such as abstraction for [[irrigation]], and other [[anthropogenic]] effects on the environment. They have disappeared or become fragmented over much of their former range.<ref name=esia/><ref name=thevs/>