List of ecoregions in Chile explained

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

• Juan Fernández Islands temperate forests
• Magellanic subpolar forests
• San Felix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests
• Valdivian temperate rain forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Patagonian grasslands
• Patagonian steppe

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Central Andean dry puna
• Southern Andean steppe

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

• Chilean matorral

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Atacama desert
• Sechura desert

Freshwater ecoregions

High Andean Complex

• Bolivian High Andean Complex
• Arid Puna

Atacama/Sechura Complex

• Atacama/Sechura Deserts

Pacific Coastal Desert Complex

• Pacific Coastal Deserts

Mediterranean Chile Complex

• North Mediterranean Chile
• South Mediterranean Chile

Juan Fernández Islands Complex

• Juan Fernández Islands

Southern Chile Complex

• Valdivian
• Chiloe Island
• Chonos Archipelago
• Magallanes/Ultima Esperanza

Patagonia Complex

• Tierra del Fuego-Rio Grande

References

• 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, D.C..