List of ecoregions in Egypt
The following is a list of ecoregions in Egypt, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions[]
Palearctic[]
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub[]
Deserts and xeric shrublands[]
- North Saharan steppe and woodlands
- Red Sea coastal desert
- Sahara desert
- South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
Flooded grasslands and savannas[]
Freshwater ecoregions[]
- Dry Sahel
- Lower Nile
- Nile Delta
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.
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- Ecoregions of Egypt