List of ecoregions in Malawi explained

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
• Eastern miombo woodlands
• Southern miombo woodlands
• Zambezian and mopane woodlands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
• Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Great Lakes

• Lake Malawi

Eastern and Coastal

• Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta

Zambezi

• Zambezi
  • Mulanje
  • Lower Zambezi

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.