Vegetation in Atakor is subdivided into several belts, a lower Sudanian belt at 1,700–1,800 metres (5,600–5,900 ft) elevation with bushes and trees,[3] a sub-Mediterranean between 1,800–2,400 metres (5,900–7,900 ft) which includes the olive and a high Mediterranean belt which includes Clematis flammula.[5] The volcanic field is used as a pasture.[8]