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Ecoregions vary in size; the island group of St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean is only 6 km2, while the East Siberian Taiga is 39 million km2. [3] The following is a list of ecoregions in Nigeria, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
Pages in category "Ecoregions of Nigeria" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Nigerian lowland forests, also known as the Nigerian rainforest, are tropical moist forest ecoregion in southwestern Nigeria and southeastern Benin.The ecoregion is densely populated and home to several large cities, including Lagos, Ibadan, and Benin City.
Freshwater ecoregions of Africa (4 C, 26 P) + Ecoregions of West Africa (15 C) A. Afromontane (8 C, 23 P) Angolan miombo woodlands (5 P) C. Central Zambezian miombo ...
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 ...
Urban areas in originally mangrove areas include Lagos in Nigeria and Douala in Cameroon. Other strains on the ecoregion include clearance for salt panning and agriculture. However mangrove is a resilient habitat and small clumps of mangrove remain in isolation all along the coast of west and central Africa.
Wildlife in the area includes forest elephants and many primates such as Cross River gorillas and chimpanzees (particularly in Cross River National Park in Nigeria), while Preuss's red colobus (Procolobus pennanti preussi) is found only in this ecoregion and a number of others are nearly endemic including red-eared guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis), crowned guenon (Cercopithecus pogonias ...
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.