List of ecoregions in Jordan

The following is a list of ecoregions in Jordan defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Jordan is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions
  • Jordan River
  • Arabian Interior
  • Southwestern Arabian Coast

Marine ecoregions
  • Northern and Central Red Sea[2]

References
  1. Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. (2001). Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938
  2. 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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