List of ecoregions in France
The following is a list of ecoregions in France as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Metropolitan France
The ecoregions of Metropolitan France are as follows:
Terrestrial ecoregions
Terrestrial ecoregions of Metropolitan France are listed by biome. All them are in the Palearctic realm.
Freshwater ecoregions
- Cantabric Coast - Languedoc
- Central & Western Europe
- Italian Peninsula & Islands (Corsica)
Marine ecoregions
Marine ecoregions of France are listed by marine province. All of them are in the Temperate Northern Atlantic realm.
Northern European Seas province
Lusitanian province
- South European Atlantic Shelf
Mediterranean Sea province
Overseas France
This is a list of all terrestrial ecoregions of France's overseas departments and territories.
Mangroves
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Temperate grasslands and shrublands
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
References
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- 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.
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