List of ecoregions in Chile

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Chile as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions[]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[]

  • Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests[]

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[]

Montane grasslands and shrublands[]

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub[]

  • Chilean matorral

Deserts and xeric shrublands[]

  • Atacama desert
  • Sechura desert

Freshwater ecoregions[]

High Andean Complex[]

Atacama/Sechura Complex[]

Pacific Coastal Desert Complex[]

Mediterranean Chile Complex[]

Juan Fernández Islands Complex[]

Southern Chile Complex[]

Patagonia Complex[]

References[]

  • Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, D.C..
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