List of ecoregions in Oman
- List of ecoregions in Oman
The following is a list of ecoregions in Oman, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
Yemen lies on the boundary between two of the world's terrestrial ecozones. The Afrotropic ecozone covers the mountainous southern and eastern fringe of the Arabian Peninsula as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic ecozone covers the interior of the Arabian Peninsula as well as temperate Eurasia and Northern Africa.
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
* Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands (Afrotropic)
Deserts and xeric shrublands
* Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands (Palearctic)
* Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert (Afrotropic)
* Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert (Afrotropic)
* Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert (Palearctic)
* Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna (Afrotropic)
Marine ecoregions
* Gulf of Oman
* Western Arabian Sea
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.
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