List of ecoregions in Europe
The continent of Europe comprise a large part of the Palearctic ecozone, with many unique biomes and ecoregions. Biogeographically, Europe is tied closely to Siberia, commonly known as the .
The European Environmental Agency (EEA) divides Europe into a total of eleven terrestrial biogeographical regions and seven regional seas.[1] The agency has issued the Digital Map of European Ecological Regions (DMEER), and operates with a total of 70 ecoregions, of which 58 are within the European continent. Some of these ecoregions are congruent with the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) ecoregions, and some are not.[2][3]
List of ecoregions in Europe[]
Below is an exhaustive list of the ecoregions of Europe as defined by the WWF.
Designation | Name (WWF) | Country | Biome | Map |
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PA0401 | Apennine deciduous montane forests | Italy | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests | |
PA0402 | Western Europe: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark | France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark | ||
PA0403 | Azores temperate mixed forests | Portugal | ||
PA0404 | Eastern Europe: Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia | Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Greece | ||
PA0405 | Northern Europe: Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Poland | Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and Poland | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest Natural beech wood |
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PA0406 | Cantabrian mixed forests | Portugal, Spain, and France | ||
PA0408 | Western Asia: Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia | Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian temperate forests |
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PA0409 | Celtic broadleaf forests | Ireland and United Kingdom | ||
PA0412 | Central European mixed forests | Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Moldovia, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest | |
PA0416 | Crimean Submediterranean forest complex | Russia | European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest | |
PA0418 | Eastern Europe: along the Adriatic coast of Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, northern Italy, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia | Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania | European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest | |
PA0419 | Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine | Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia | ||
PA0421 | English Lowlands beech forests | United Kingdom | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest | |
PA0422 | Euxine-Colchic broadleaf forests | Bulgaria and Turkey | Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian temperate forests | |
PA0429 | Western Europe: Northern and eastern United Kingdom (Scotland and Northern Ireland) and Ireland | Ireland, United Kingdom, and Norway | ||
PA0431 | Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, and Ukraine | |||
PA0432 | Southern Europe: Northern Italy stretching to the shore of the Adriatic Sea | Italy and Switzerland | ||
PA0433 | Spain, Andorra, and France | European-Mediterranean montane mixed forest | ||
PA0435 | Southern Europe: Bulgaria with small extensions into Greece, Macedonia, and Yugoslavia | Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Greece | ||
PA0436 | Sarmatic mixed forests | Norway, Sweden, Åland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest | |
PA0445 | Western European broadleaf forests | Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, and Belgium | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest | |
PA0501 | Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia | |||
PA0503 | Western Europe: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | ||
PA0504 | Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine | European-Mediterranean montane mixed forests | ||
PA0520 | Scandinavian coastal conifer forests | Norway | Temperate coniferous forests | |
PA0602 | Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra | Iceland | ||
PA0608 | Northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia | Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia | Taiga and Boreal forests | |
PA0610 | Ural montane forests and tundra | Russia | ||
PA0807 | Faroe Islands boreal grasslands | Faroe Islands | ||
PA0814 | Pontic steppe | Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | |
PA1101 | Arctic desert | Norway and Russia | Tundra | |
PA1106 | Kola Peninsula tundra | Norway and Russia | Tundra | |
PA1108 | Northwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundra | Russia | Tundra | |
PA1110 | Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands | Norway, Sweden, and Finland | ||
PA1201 | Southeastern Europe: Along the coastline of Greece and Turkey, stretching into Macedonia | Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1204 | Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests | France | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1205 | Crete Mediterranean forests | Greece | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1208 | Iberian conifer forests | Spain | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1209 | Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests | Spain and Portugal | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1210 | Illyrian deciduous forests | Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1211 | Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests | Italy | ||
PA1215 | Spain and France | |||
PA1216 | Spain and Portugal | |||
PA1217 | Pindus Mountains mixed forests | Greece, North Macedonia, and Albania | ||
PA1218 | Southern Europe: Southern Italy | Italy | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1219 | Spain | |||
PA1221 | Portugal and Spain | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | ||
PA1222 | Southern Europe: Portions of the southern Italian mainland and parts of the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily | Italy and France | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub | |
PA1308 | Western Asia: Along the coast of the Caspian Sea in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran | Russia | Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
Global 200 ecoregions in Europe[]
Terrestrial[]
Terrestrial Global 200 ecoregions in Europe comprise three regions of Scandia alpine tundra and taiga, which is present in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden:
- PA0608 Scandinavian and Russian taiga
- PA1106 Kola Peninsula tundra
- PA1110 Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands
Other Global 200 ecoregions:
Freshwater[]
Global 200 Large river delta ecoregions in Europe:
- Volga River Delta (Kazakhstan, Russia)
- (Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Yugoslavia)
Small river ecoregions:
- (Albania, Bosnia and Herzogovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Yugoslavia)
Marine[]
There are no marine Global 200 ecoregions in Europe.
Sources[]
References[]
- ^ "Europe's biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas". EEA. 30 May 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "DMEER: Digital Map of European Ecological Regions". European Environmental Agency (EEA). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "[LATEST VERSION] Digital map of European ecological regions". European Environmental Agency (EEA). 12 January 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
External links[]
- "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World". Data Basin. . Retrieved 5 August 2019.
Maps and basic data.
- Flora of Europe
- Environment of Europe
- Europe geography-related lists
- Ecoregions of Europe
- Lists of ecoregions
- Natural history of Europe
- Palearctic ecoregions