List of ecoregions in Guinea-Bissau

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

Guinea-Bissau is in the Afrotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Mangrove

Freshwater ecoregions

By bioregion:

Nilo-Sudan

Upper Guinea
  • Northern Upper Guinea

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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