List of ecoregions in Namibia

List of ecoregions in Namibia

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* Angolan Mopane woodlands
* Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
* Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
* Zambezian and Mopane woodlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* Etosha Pan halophytics
* Zambezian flooded grasslands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

* Kalahari xeric savanna
* Kaokoveld desert
* Nama Karoo
* Namib desert
* Namibian savanna woodlands
* Succulent Karoo

Freshwater ecoregions

"by bioregion"

Zambezi

* Etosha
* Kalahari
* Karstveld Sink Holes
* Namib Coastal
* Zambezi
** Upper Zambezi Floodplains
* Okavango Floodplains

Marine ecoregions

* Namaqua
* Namib

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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