List of ecoregions in South Africa

The following is a list of ecoregions in South Africa, as identified by 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

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
  • Albany thickets – Afrotropic terrestrial ecoregion of dense woodland in South Africa
  • Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
  • Montane fynbos and renosterveld

Deserts and xeric shrublands
  • Kalahari xeric savanna
  • Nama Karoo – Xeric shrubland ecoregion on the central plateau of South Africa and Namibia
  • Succulent Karoo – Desert ecoregion of South Africa and Namibia

Tundra

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Zambezi

Southern Temperate
  • Amatole-Winterberg Highlands
  • Cape Fold
  • Drakensberg-Maloti Highlands
  • Karoo
  • Southern Kalahari
  • Southern Temperate Highveld
  • Western Orange

Marine ecoregions
  • Namaqua – Marine ecoregion on the western coast of southern Africa
  • Agulhas Bank – The broad southernmost part of the African continental shelf
  • Natal – Marine ecoregion on the eastern coast of South Africa
  • Delagoa – Marine ecoregion on the eastern coast of southern Africa
  • Prince Edward Islands – Two small sub-Antarctic islands belonging to South Africa

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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