List of ecoregions in French Polynesia explained

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

Terrestrial

French Polynesia is in the Oceanian realm

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Marquesas tropical moist forests
• Society Islands tropical moist forests
• Tuamotu tropical moist forests
• Tubuai tropical moist forests

Freshwater

• Marquesas
• Society Islands
• Tubuai Islands

Marine

French Polynesia is in the Eastern Indo-Pacific marine realm.

Southeast Polynesia province

• Tuamotus
• Rapa-Pitcairn
• Southern Cook/Austral Islands
• Society Islands

Marquesas province

• Marquesas

References

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