List of ecoregions in Malawi

List of ecoregions in Malawi

The following is a list of ecoregions in Mozambique, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

* Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
* Eastern Miombo woodlands
* Southern Miombo woodlands
* Zambezian and Mopane woodlands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
* Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* Zambezian flooded grasslands

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Great Lakes

* Lake Malawi

Eastern and Coastal

* Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta

Zambezi

* Zambezi
** Mulanje
** Lower Zambezi

Marine ecoregions

* Bight of Sofala/Swamp Coast
* Delagoa
* East African Coral Coast

References

* Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.
* Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). "Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.


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