List of ecoregions in Uganda

List of ecoregions in Uganda

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

* East African montane forests
* Albertine Rift montane forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* East Sudanian savanna
* Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
* Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
* Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* East African halophytics
* Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* East African montane moorlands
* Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

Freshwater ecoregions

"by bioregion"

Nilo-Sudan

* Upper Nile

Great Lakes

* Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

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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