List of ecoregions in Libya explained

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

Palearctic

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

• Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
• Mediterranean woodlands and forests

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• North Saharan steppe and woodlands
• Sahara Desert
• Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
• West Saharan montane xeric woodlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Saharan halophytics

Freshwater ecoregions

• Permanent Maghreb
• Temporary Maghreb
• Dry Sahel

Marine ecoregions

• Levantine Sea
• Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra

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.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.