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List of ecoregions in Ethiopia


List of ecoregions in Ethiopia


The following is a list of ecoregions in Ethiopia, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

  • Ethiopian montane forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • East Sudanian savanna
  • Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • Sahelian Acacia savanna
  • Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic

Montane grasslands and shrublands

  • Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
  • Ethiopian montane moorlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

  • Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
  • Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Ethiopian Highlands
  • Lake Tana
  • Northern Eastern Rift
  • Lake Turkana
  • Shebelle-Juba
  • Upper Nile
  • Lower Nile
  • Western Red Sea Drainages

References

  • Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
  • Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of ecoregions in Ethiopia by Wikipedia (Historical)



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