List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The following is a list of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Albertine Rift montane forests
- Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
- Central Congolian lowland forests
- Eastern Congolian swamp forests
- Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
- Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
- Western Congolian swamp forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Angolan Miombo woodlands
- Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- East Sudanian savanna
- Itigi-Sumbu thicket
- Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Mangroves
Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion
West Coastal Equatorial
- Southern West Coastal Equatorial
Congo
- Albertine Highlands
- Bangweulu-Mweru
- Central Congo
- Cuvette Centrale
- Kasai
- Lower Congo
- Lower Congo Rapids
- Mai Ndombe
- Malebo Pool
- Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)
- Thysville Caves
- Tumba
- Uele
- Upemba
- Upper Congo
- Upper Congo Rapids
Nilo-Sudan
Great Lakes
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria
Marine ecoregions
- Gulf of Guinea South
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.
- Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.
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