List of ecoregions in Oman

The following is a list of ecoregions in Oman, 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 interior of the Arabian Peninsula as well as temperate Eurasia and Northern Africa.

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands (Afrotropic)

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands (Palearctic)
Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert (Afrotropic)
Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert (Afrotropic)
Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert (Palearctic)
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna (Afrotropic)

Marine ecoregions

Gulf of Oman
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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