List of ecoregions in Tanzania

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

* Albertine Rift montane forests
* East African montane forests
* Eastern Arc forests
* Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
* Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
* Eastern Miombo woodlands
* Itigi-Sumbu thicket
* Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
* Serengeti volcanic grasslands
* Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
* Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* East African halophytics
* Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* East African montane moorlands
* Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic

Mangroves

* East African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

"by bioregion"

Great Lakes

* Lake Malawi
* Lake Rukwa
* Lake Tanganyika
* Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Eastern and Coastal

* Eastern Coastal Basins
* Malagarasi-Moyowosi
* Pangani
* Southern Eastern Rift

Marine ecoregions

* 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.
* 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. [http://www.worldwildlife.org/MEOW/pdfs/meow_biosci.pdf]
* Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). "Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.