List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The following is a list of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Angolan Miombo woodlands
- Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- East Sudanian savanna
- Itigi-Sumbu thicket
- Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Mangroves
Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion
West Coastal Equatorial
- Southern West Coastal Equatorial
Congo
- Albertine Highlands
- Bangweulu-Mweru
- Central Congo
- Cuvette Centrale
- Kasai
- Lower Congo
- Lower Congo Rapids
- Mai Ndombe
- Malebo Pool
- Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)
- Thysville Caves
- Tumba
- Uele
- Upemba
- Upper Congo
- Upper Congo Rapids
Nilo-Sudan
Great Lakes
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria
Marine ecoregions
- Gulf of Guinea South
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.
- Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
- Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.
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