List of ecoregions in Yemen
- List of ecoregions in Yemen
The following is a list of ecoregions in Yemen, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Yemen lies on the boundary between two of the world's terrestrial ecozones. The Afrotropic ecozone covers the mountainous southern and eastern fringe of the Arabian Peninsula as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic ecozone covers the rest of the Arabian Peninsula as well as temperate Eurasia and Northern Africa.
Deserts and xeric shrublands
* Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands (Palearctic)
* Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert (Afrotropic)
* Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert (Palearctic)
* Socotra Island xeric shrublands (Afrotropic)
* Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna (Afrotropic)
* Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands (Afrotropic)
Marine ecoregions
* Southern Red Sea
* Gulf of Aden
* Western Arabian Sea
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.
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