- List of ecoregions in Brazil
The following is a list of
ecoregion s inBrazil , as defined by the WWF:Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat type
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *
Araucaria moist forests (Argentina ,Brazil )
*Atlantic Coast restingas (Brazil )
*Bahia coastal forests (Brazil )
*Bahia interior forests (Brazil )
*Caatinga Enclaves moist forests (Brazil )
*Fernando de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests (Brazil )
*Guayanan highlands forests (Brazil ,Colombia ,Guyana ,Suriname ,Venezuela )
*Guianan moist forests (Brazil ,French Guiana ,Guyana ,Suriname ,Venezuela )
*Gurupa varzea (Brazil )
*Iquitos varzea (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Peru )
*Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests (Brazil ,Colombia ,Venezuela )
*Juruá-Purus moist forests (Brazil )
*Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (Bolivia ,Brazil )
*Marajó varzea (Brazil )
*Maranhão Babaçu forests (Brazil )
*Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (Brazil )
*Monte Alegre varzea (Brazil )
*Negro-Branco moist forests (Brazil ,Colombia ,Venezuela )
*Northeastern Brazil restingas (Brazil )
*Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina ,Brazil ,Paraguay )
*Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil )
*Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil )
*Purus varzea (Brazil )
*Purus-Madeira moist forests (Brazil )
*Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil )
*Solimões-Japurá moist forest (Brazil ,Colombia ,Peru )
*Southern Andean Yungas (Argentina ,Brazil )
*Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Peru )
*Tapajós-Xingu moist forests (Brazil )
*Tepuis (Brazil ,Guyana ,Suriname ,Venezuela )
*Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests (Brazil )
*Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests (Brazil ,Guyana ,Suriname )
*Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (Brazil )Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests *
Atlantic dry forests (Brazil )
*Chiquitano dry forests (Bolivia ,Brazil )Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands *
Beni savanna (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Peru )
*Campos Rupestres montane savanna (Brazil )
*Cerrado (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Paraguay )
*Guyanan savanna (Brazil ,Guyana ,Venezuela )
*Humid Chaco (Argentina ,Brazil ,Paraguay )
*Uruguayan savanna (Argentina ,Brazil ,Uruguay )Flooded grasslands and savannas *
Pantanal (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Paraguay )Deserts and xeric shrublands *
Caatinga (Brazil )
*Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks (Brazil )Mangrove *
Amapá mangroves (Brazil )
*Bahia mangroves (Brazil )
*Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil )
*Pará mangroves (Brazil )
*Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil )
*Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil )by bioregion
Amazonia bioregion Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *
Caqueta moist forests (Brazil ,Colombia )
*Guianan moist forests (Brazil ,French Guiana ,Guyana ,Suriname ,Venezuela )
*Gurupa varzea (Brazil )
*Iquitos varzea (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Peru )
*Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests (Brazil ,Colombia ,Venezuela )
*Juruá-Purus moist forests (Brazil )
*Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (Bolivia ,Brazil )
*Marajó varzea (Brazil )
*Maranhão Babaçu forests (Brazil )
*Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (Brazil )
*Monte Alegre varzea (Brazil )
*Napo Moist Forests (Colombia ,Ecuador ,Peru )
*Negro-Branco moist forests (Brazil ,Colombia ,Venezuela )
*Purus varzea (Brazil )
*Purus-Madeira moist forests (Brazil )
*Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil ,Colombia )
*Solimões-Japurá moist forest (Brazil ,Colombia ,Peru )
*Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Peru )
*Tapajós-Xingu moist forests (Brazil )
*Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests (Brazil )
*Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests (Brazil ,Guyana ,Suriname )
*Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (Brazil )Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests *
Chiquitano dry forests (Bolivia ,Brazil )Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands *
Beni savanna (Bolivia )
*Guyanan savanna (Brazil ,Guyana ,Venezuela )Eastern South America Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *
Araucaria moist forests (Argentina ,Brazil )
*Atlantic Coast restingas (Brazil )
*Bahia coastal forests (Brazil )
*Bahia interior forests (Brazil )
*Caatinga enclaves moist forests (Brazil )
*Fernando de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests (Brazil )
*Northeastern Brazil restingas (Brazil )
*Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina ,Brazil ,Paraguay )
*Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil )
*Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil )
*Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil )
*Trinidade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil )Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests *
Atlantic Dry Forests (Brazil )Flooded grasslands and savannas *
Pantanal (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Paraguay )Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands *
Campos Rupestres montane savanna (Brazil )
*Cerrado (Bolivia ,Brazil ,Paraguay )
*Humid Chaco (Argentina ,Brazil ,Paraguay )Deserts and xeric shrublands *
Caatinga (Brazil )
*Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks (Brazil )Orinoco bioregion Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *
Guayanan highlands forests (Brazil ,Colombia ,Guyana ,Suriname ,Venezuela )Mangroves
by mangrove complex
Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao
*
Amapá mangroves (Brazil )
*Maranhão mangroves (Brazil )
*Pará mangroves (Brazil )Northeast Brazil
*
Bahia mangroves (Brazil )
*Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil )
*Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil )outheast Brazil
*
Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil )Freshwater ecoregions
by freshwater complex
Guiana/Orinoco Complex
*
Eastern Morichal (Venezuela)
*Orinoco Delta (Venezuela)
*Southern Orinoco (Venezuela)
*Guiana Watershed (Brazil ,French Guiana ,Guyana ,Suriname , Venezuela)Amazon Complex
*
Amazon Delta (Brazil)
*Amazon Main Channel (Brazil, Peru)
*Northern Amazon Shield Tributaries (Brazil)
* Rio Negro (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
*Upper Amazon Piedmont (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
*Western Amazon Lowlands (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
*Central Brazilian Shield Tributaries (Bolivia, Brazil)
*Tocantins-Araguaia (Brazil)Northeast Atlantic Complex
*
Maranhao (Brazil)Mata-Atlantica Complex
*
Northeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
*East Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
*Southeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)ão Francisco Complex
* Caatinga (Brazil)
* Cerrado (Brazil)Upper Parana Complex
*
Upper Parana (Brazil)Beni Complex
* Beni (Bolivia)
Paraguay-Parana Complex
*
Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil,Paraguay )
*Lower Parana (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,Uruguay )outhern Atlantic Complex
*
Jacui Highlands (Brazil, Uruguay)
*Lagoa dos Patos Coastal Plain (Brazil, Uruguay)Marine ecoregions
"by marine realm and marine province"
Tropical Atlantic North Brazil Shelf * Guianian
* AmazoniaTropical Southwestern Atlantic *
Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands
*Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas
* Northeastern Brazil
* Eastern Brazil
*Trindade and Martin Vaz Islands Temperate South America Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic * Southeastern Brazil
* Rio GrandeReferences
* Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). "A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean." World Bank, Washington DC.
* 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.
* 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.
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