List of ecoregions in Yemen

The following is a list of ecoregions in Yemen, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

Yemen lies on the boundary between two of the world's terrestrial ecozones. The Afrotropic ecozone covers the mountainous southern and eastern fringe of the Arabian Peninsula as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. The Palearctic ecozone covers the rest of the Arabian Peninsula as well as temperate Eurasia and Northern Africa.

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Marine ecoregions

References

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