List of ecoregions in Angola explained

The following is a list of ecoregions in Angola, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Angolan miombo woodlands
• Angolan mopane woodlands
• Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
• Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Western Zambezian grasslands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Angolan montane forest–grassland mosaic
• Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Kaokoveld desert
• Namibian savanna woodlands

Mangroves

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial

• Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo

• Kasai
• Lower Congo

Cuanza

• Cuanza

Zambezi

• Etosha
• Namib Coastal
• Zambezi
  • Upper Zambezi Floodplains
  • Zambezian Headwaters
• Okavango Floodplains

Marine ecoregions

• Angolan
• Namib

References

• Book: Burgess, Neil. Hales. Jennifer D'Amico. Underwood. Emma. Dinerstein. Eric.

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  . Olson. David. Illanga. Itoua. Schipper. Jan. Ricketts. Taylor. Newman. Kate. 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.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.