List of ecoregions in Western Sahara

List of ecoregions in Western Sahara

The following is a list of ecoregions in Western Sahara, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Palearctic

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub

* Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets

Deserts and xeric shrublands

* Atlantic coastal desert
* North Saharan steppe and woodlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* Saharan halophytics

Freshwater ecoregions

* Dry Sahel
* Permanent Maghreb
* Temporary Maghreb

Marine ecoregions

* Saharan Upwelling

References

* Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.
* Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson "et al." "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". "Bioscience" Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
* Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). "Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.


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