List of ecoregions in Venezuela
The following is a list of ecoregions in Venezuela as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial
Venezuela is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Catatumbo moist forests
- Cordillera de la Costa montane forests
- Cordillera Oriental montane forests
- Guayanan Highlands moist forests
- Guianan moist forests
- Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests
- Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests
- Negro-Branco moist forests
- Orinoco Delta swamp forests
- Tepuis
- Venezuelan Andes montane forests
Marine
Tropical Atlantic
- Guianian
- Southern Caribbean[2]
References
- Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC.
- 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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