List_of_ecoregions_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo

List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The following is a list of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial

  • Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo

Nilo-Sudan

Great Lakes

Marine ecoregions

  • Gulf of Guinea South

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.
  • Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.
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