- List of ecoregions in Kenya
The following is a list of
ecoregion s inKenya , as identified by theWorldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).Terrestrial ecoregions
"by
major habitat type "Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *
East African montane forests
*Eastern Arc forests
*Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands *
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
*Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
*Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
*Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic Flooded grasslands and savannas *
East African halophytics
*Zambezian flooded grasslands Montane grasslands and shrublands *
East African montane moorlands Deserts and xeric shrublands *
Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands Mangroves *
East African mangroves Freshwater ecoregions
"by bioregion"
Nilo-Sudan
*
Shebele-Juba Catchments
*Lake Turkana Great Lakes
*
Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria Eastern and Coastal
*
Kenyan Coastal Rivers
* Pangani
*Southern Eastern Rift Marine ecoregions
*
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. [http://www.worldwildlife.org/MEOW/pdfs/meow_biosci.pdf]
* Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). "Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment". Island Press, Washington DC.
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