List of ecoregions in Chile

The following is a list of ecoregions in Chile as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Chilean matorral

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

High Andean Complex

Bolivian High Andean Complex
Arid Puna

Atacama/Sechura Complex

Atacama/Sechura Deserts

Pacific Coastal Desert Complex

Pacific Coastal Deserts

Mediterranean Chile Complex

North Mediterranean Chile
South Mediterranean Chile

Juan Fernández Islands Complex

Juan Fernández Islands

Southern Chile Complex

Valdivian
Chiloe Island
Chonos Archipelago
Magallanes/Ultima Esperanza

Patagonia Complex

Tierra del Fuego-Rio Grande

References

Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, D.C..

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