List of ecoregions in Mauritania

The following is a list of ecoregions in Mauritania, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Dry Sahel
  • Senegal-Gambia Catchments
  • Temporary Maghreb

Marine ecoregions

  • Sahelian Upwelling

References

  • Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, 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.
  • Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
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