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

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

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

Southern Chile Complex

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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