List of ecoregions in Libya

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

Tadrart Acacus is a desert area in western Libya. Part of the Sahara, it is one of the most arid ecoregions of Libya.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Palearctic

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Saharan halophytics

Freshwater ecoregions

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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