List of ecoregions in Ethiopia explained

The following is a list of ecoregions in Ethiopia, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Ethiopian montane forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• East Sudanian savanna
• Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Sahelian Acacia savanna
• Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
• Ethiopian montane moorlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
• Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

• Ethiopian Highlands
• Lake Tana
• Northern Eastern Rift
• Lake Turkana
• Shebelle-Juba
• Upper Nile
• Lower Nile
• Western Red Sea Drainages

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.