List of ecoregions in Brazil

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Brazil as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

by bioregion

Mangroves

by mangrove complex

Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhão complex
Northeast Brazil complex
Southeast Brazil complex

Freshwater ecoregions

by freshwater complex

Guiana/Orinoco Complex

Amazon Complex

Northeast Atlantic Complex

Mata-Atlantica Complex

São Francisco Complex

Upper Parana Complex

Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex

Paraguay-Parana Complex

Southern Atlantic Complex

Marine ecoregions

by marine realm and marine province

Temperate South America

Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic

See also

References

  • Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC, [1].
  • Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC, [2].
  • 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, [3].