List of ecoregions in Cameroon

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan

West Coastal Equatorial

  • Central West Coastal Equatorial
  • Northern West Coastal Equatorial
  • Western Equatorial Crater Lakes

Congo

Marine ecoregions

  • Gulf of Guinea Central

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.
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