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  2. List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of freshwater ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The freshwater ecoregion system is similar to that for terrestrial ecoregions. The Earth's land surface is divided into eight terrestrial biogeographic realms or ecozones, which contain hundreds of smaller ecoregions. Ecoregions are classified into biomes or ...

  3. List of terrestrial ecoregions (WWF) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of terrestrial ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions. The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth's land surface into 8 biogeographic realms, containing 867 smaller ecoregions. Each ecoregion is classified into one of 14 major habitat types, or biomes.

  4. Ecoregion - Wikipedia

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    Freshwater ecoregions are distinct from terrestrial ecoregions, which identify biotic communities of the land, and marine ecoregions, which are biotic communities of the oceans. [21] A map of Freshwater Ecoregions of the World, released in 2008, has 426 ecoregions covering virtually the entire non-marine surface of the earth. [22]

  5. Lists of ecoregions - Wikipedia

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    Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (Olson et al. 2001, BioScience) WWF terrestrial ecoregions of the world One way of mapping the world into 18 terrestrial vegetation biomes, each containing one or more ecoregions EPA level III ecoregions in the contiguous United States. Alaska ecoregions (102-120) not shown.

  6. List of ecoregions (WWF) - Wikipedia

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    The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) identifies terrestrial, marine, freshwater, and ecoregions: . Global 200; List of terrestrial ecoregions (WWF) 867 terrestrial ecoregions. List of marine ecoregions (WWF), 232 marine ecoregions of the coastal and continental shelf areas.

  7. List of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar

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    This is a list of freshwater ecoregions in Africa and Madagascar as identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF categorizes the Earth's land surface into ecoregions, which are defined as "large area[s] of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities and species." These ecoregions are further grouped into ...

  8. List of ecoregions in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Ecoregions in Australia are geographically distinct plant and animal communities, defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature based on geology, soils, climate, and predominant vegetation. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) identified 825 terrestrial ecoregions that cover the Earth's land surface, 40 of which cover Australia and its dependent ...

  9. List of ecoregions in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    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.