List of ecoregions in Chile

List of ecoregions in Chile

The following is a list of ecoregions in Chile, according to the World Wildlife Fund:

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

*Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

* Juan Fernandez Islands temperate forests
* Magellanic subpolar forests
* San Felix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests
* Valdivian temperate rain forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* Patagonian grasslands
* Patagonian steppe

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* Central Andean dry puna
* Southern Andean steppe

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub

* Chilean matorral

Deserts and xeric shrublands

* Atacama desert

Freshwater ecoregions

High Andean Complex

* Bolivian High Andean Complex
* Arid Puna

Atacama/Sechura Complex

* Atacama/Sechura Deserts

Pacific Coastal Desert Complex

* Pacific Coastal Deserts

Mediterranean Chile Complex

* North Mediterranean Chile
* South Mediterranean Chile

Juan Fernandez Islands Complex

* Juan Fernandez Islands

outhern Chile Complex

* Valdivian
* Chiloe Island
* Chonos Archipelago
* Magallanes/Ultima Esperanza

Patagonia Complex

* Tierra del Fuego-Rio Grande

References

* Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). "Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment." Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC.


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