List of ecoregions in Angola

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

Terrestrial ecoregions[]

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[]

• Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests[]

• Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[]

• Angolan miombo woodlands
• Angolan mopane woodlands
• Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
• Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Western Zambezian grasslands

Flooded grasslands and savannas[]

• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands[]

• Angolan montane forest–grassland mosaic
• Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands[]

• Kaokoveld desert
• Namibian savanna woodlands

Mangroves[]

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions[]

by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial[]

Congo[]

• Kasai
• Lower Congo

Cuanza[]

• Cuanza

Zambezi[]

• Etosha
• Zambezi
• Okavango Floodplains

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.