List of ecoregions in Nicaragua explained

This is a list of ecoregions in Nicaragua as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Cayos Miskitos–San Andrés and Providencia moist forests^[1]
• Central American Atlantic moist forests^[2]
• Central American montane forests^[3]
• Costa Rican seasonal moist forests^[4]
• Isthmian–Atlantic moist forests^[5]

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

• Central American dry forests^[6]

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

• Central American pine–oak forests^[7]
• Miskito pine forests^[8]

Mangroves

• Gulf of Fonseca mangroves^[9]
• Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves^[10]
• Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves^[11]
• Rio Negro–Rio San Sun mangroves^[12]

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

• Chiapas–Fonseca^[13]
• Mosquitia^[14]
• Estero Real–Tempisque^[15]
• San Juan (Nicaragua/Costa Rica)^[16]

Marine ecoregions

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

• Southwestern Caribbean^[17]

Tropical East Pacific

• Chiapas–Nicaragua^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forest. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
2. Web site: Central American Atlantic moist forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
3. Web site: Central American montane forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
4. Web site: Costa Rican seasonal moist forests . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
5. Web site: Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
6. Web site: Central American dry forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
7. Web site: Central American pine-oak forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
8. Web site: Miskito pine forests. World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
9. Web site: Gulf of Fonseca mangroves . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
10. Web site: Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-23.
11. Web site: Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
12. Web site: Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves . World Wildlife Fund. 2013-09-24.
13. Web site: Chiapas - Fonseca . https://archive.today/20130924180023/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details_new.php?eco=201 . dead . 2013-09-24 . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 .
14. Web site: Mosquitia . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 . https://archive.today/20130924180016/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details_new.php?eco=203 . 2013-09-24 . dead.
15. Web site: Estero Real - Tempisque . https://archive.today/20130924180051/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details_new.php?eco=204 . dead . 2013-09-24 . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 .
16. Web site: San Juan (Nicaragua/Costa Rica) . https://archive.today/20130924231003/http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details_new.php?eco=205 . dead . 2013-09-24 . Freshwater Ecoregions of the World . 2013-09-24 .
17. Web site: Marine Ecoregions (Spalding 2007). [Map by] GEOMAR, University of Seville, Department of Human Geography. ]. Marine ecoregions . jpg . marineplan.es . 2013-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170212110426/http://www.marineplan.es/ES/fichas_kml/mapasfichas/ecoregions.jpg . 2017-02-12 . dead .