List of ecoregions in Tanzania explained

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

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

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
• Eastern miombo woodlands
• Itigi–Sumbu thicket
• Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Serengeti volcanic grasslands
• Southern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• East African halophytics
• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• East African montane moorlands
• Southern Rift montane forest–grassland mosaic

Mangroves

• East African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Great Lakes

• Lake Malawi
• Lake Rukwa
• Lake Tanganyika
• Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Eastern and Coastal

• Eastern Coastal Basins
• Malagarasi-Moyowosi
• Pangani
• Southern Eastern Rift

Marine ecoregions

• East African Coral Coast

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.