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The following is a list of ecoregions in Cuba as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions. by major habitat type.
Mangroves are estimated to cover 5,569 km 2 in Cuba (or 4.8% of the country); 134 km 2 in Haiti; 325 km 2 in the Dominican Republic; and 106 km 2 in Jamaica. [1]Some ecoregion systems include the Greater Antilles mangroves, Bahamian mangroves, and Lesser Antilles mangroves within a single Bahamian-Antillean mangroves ecoregion.
The Cuban wetlands are found on lowland floodplains on island's northern and southern (Caribbean) shores. Most are fringed with mangroves nearer to the sea.. The largest wetland in Cuba is the Zapata Swamp, located in southern Matanzas Province, and extending west along the Gulf of Batabanó into southern Havana Province.
The Cuban moist forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that occupies 21,400 km 2 (8,300 sq mi; 5,300,000 acres) on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than 2,000 mm (79 in) of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or serpentinites.
The Cuban pine forests are a tropical coniferous forest ecoregion on the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. They cover an area of 6,400 km 2 (2,500 sq mi), occurring in separate sections in eastern Cuba and western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. [2]
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The Cuban cactus scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion that occupies 3,300 km 2 (1,300 sq mi) on the leeward coast of Cuba. Most of it occurs in the southeastern part of the island in the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba. The ecoregion receives less than 800 mm (31 in) of rainfall annually.