List of ecoregions in Angola
The following is a list of ecoregions in Angola, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat type
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Angolan Miombo woodlands
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- Western Zambezian grasslands
Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
- Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Kaokoveld desert
- Namibian savanna woodlands
Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion
West Coastal Equatorial
- Southern West Coastal Equatorial
Congo
- Kasai
- Lower Congo
Cuanza
Zambezi
- Etosha
- Namib Coastal
- Zambezi
- Upper Zambezi Floodplains
- Zambezian Headwaters
- Okavango Floodplains
Marine ecoregions
- Angolan
- Namib
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.
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