List of ecoregions in Mozambique

List of ecoregions in Mozambique

The following is a list of ecoregions in Mozambique, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

* Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
* Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

* Eastern Miombo woodlands
* Southern Miombo woodlands
* Zambezian and Mopane woodlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

* Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
* Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

* Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
* Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
* South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
* Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic

Mangroves

* East African mangroves
* Southern Africa mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

"by bioregion"

Great Lakes

* Lake Malawi (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)

Eastern and Coastal

* Eastern Coastal Basins (Mozambique, Tanzania)
* Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta (Malawi, Mozambique)

Zambezi

* Zambezian Lowveld (Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe)
* Zambezi
** Mulanje (Malawi, Mozambique)
** Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
** Zamebzian (Plateau) Highveld (Zimbabwe)
** Middle Zambezi Luangwa (Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
** Lower Zambezi (Malawi, Mozambique)

Marine ecoregions

* Bight of Sofala/Swamp Coast
* Delagoa
* East African Coral Coast

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. [http://www.worldwildlife.org/MEOW/pdfs/meow_biosci.pdf]
* Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). "Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.


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