List of ecoregions in Egypt

The following is a list of ecoregions in Egypt, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Palearctic

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Nile Delta flooded savanna
  • Saharan halophytics

Freshwater ecoregions
  • Dry Sahel
  • Lower Nile
  • Nile Delta
  • Red Sea Coastal
  • Temporary Maghreb

Marine ecoregions

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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