List of ecoregions in Kenya explained

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• East African montane forests
• Eastern Arc forests
• Northern Zanzibar–Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

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

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• East African halophytics

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• East African montane moorlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands

Mangroves

• East African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan

• Shebele-Juba Catchments
• Lake Turkana

Great Lakes

• Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Eastern and Coastal

• Kenyan Coastal Rivers
• Pangani
• Southern Eastern Rift

Marine ecoregions

• East African Coral Coast

See also

• Environment of Kenya

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.. Fox. Helen E.. Allen. Gerald R.. Davidson. Nick. Ferdaña. Zach A.. Finlayson. Max. Halpern. Benjamin S.. Jorge. Miguel A.. Lombana. Al. Lourie. Sara A.. Martin. Kirsten D.. McManus. Edmund. Molnar. Jennifer. Recchia. Cheri A.. Robertson. James. Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas. BioScience. 2007. 57. 7. 573–583. 10.1641/B570707. free.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.