List of ecoregions in Nigeria

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands
  • Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Lake Chad flooded savanna

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan
  • Bight Coastal
  • Lake Chad Catchment
  • Lower Niger-Benue
  • Niger Delta

West Coastal Equatorial
  • Northern West Coastal Equatorial

Marine ecoregions
  • Gulf of Guinea Central

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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