List of ecoregions in Slovenia
The following is a list of ecoregions in Slovenia as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial
Slovenia is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Temperate coniferous forests
Freshwater
- Dalmatia
- Dniester - Lower Danube
- Gulf of Venice drainages
- Upper Danube
Marine
Slovenia's coastline is in the Temperate Northern Atlantic marine realm, and the Mediterranean Sea marine province.
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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