List of ecoregions in the Central African Republic

List of ecoregions in the Central African Republic

The following is a list of ecoregions in the Central African Republic, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

"by major habitat type"

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

* East Sudanian savanna
* Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
* Sahelian Acacia savanna

Freshwater ecoregions

"by bioregion"

Congo

* Sangha
* Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)

Nilo-Sudan

* Lake Chad Catchment

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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