List of ecoregions in Spain

The following is a list of ecoregions in Spain, including the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and the Plazas de soberanía, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Atlantic Northwest Africa (Ceuta, Melilla, and Plazas de soberanía)
  • Cantabric Coast - Languedoc
  • Eastern Iberia
  • Southern Iberia
  • Western Iberia

Marine ecoregions

References

  • 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.
  • Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
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