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[]
Flooded grasslands and savannas[]
- Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
- Zambezian halophytics
Montane grasslands and shrublands[]
- Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
Mangroves[]
Freshwater ecoregions[]
by bioregion
Great Lakes[]
- Lake Malawi (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
Eastern and Coastal[]
- (Mozambique, Tanzania)
- Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta (Malawi, Mozambique)
Zambezi[]
- (Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe)
- Zambezi
- Mulanje (Malawi, Mozambique)
- Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
- (Zimbabwe)
- (Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
- (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. [1]
- Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
Categories:
- Ecoregions of Mozambique
- Lists of ecoregions by country
- Mozambique geography-related lists