List of ecoregions in Guinea-Bissau explained

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

Guinea-Bissau is in the Afrotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Guinean forest-savanna mosaic

Mangrove

• Guinean mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

By bioregion:

Nilo-Sudan

• Senegal-Gambia

Upper Guinea

• Northern Upper Guinea

Marine ecoregions

• Gulf of Guinea

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (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. http://www.worldwildlife.org/MEOW/pdfs/meow_biosci.pdf
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.