List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)
This is a list of freshwater ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth's land surface into 8 terrestrial ecozones, containing 426 smaller ecoregions. Each ecoregion is classified into one of 12 major habitat types, or biomes.
Afrotropic
Legend: EcoID; Ecoregion; Biome (Major Habitat Type); Realm (Ecozone)
Large lakes
- 559; Lake Malawi; (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
- 565; Lake Rukwa; (Tanzania)
- 542; Lake Tanganyika; (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia)
- 530; Lake Turkana; (Kenya)
- 521; Lake Victoria Basin; (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
Large river deltas
- 506; Niger Delta;
Montane freshwaters
- 541; Albertine Highlands;
- 577; Amatolo - Winterberg Highlands;
- 574; Drakensberg - Maluti Highlands;
- 563; Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands;
- 525; Ethiopian Highlands;
- 510; Fouta Djallon;
- 526; Lake Tana;
- 581; Madagascar Eastern Highlands;
- 513; Mount Nimba;
- 562; Mulanje;
- 519; Western Equatorial Crater Lakes;
Oceanic Islands
- 584; Comoros - Mayotte;
- 586; Mascarenes;
- 585; Seychelles;
Temperate coastal rivers
- 578; Cape Fold;
Temperate upland rivers
- 575; Southern Temperate Highveld;
Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers
- 515; Ashanti;
- 517; Bight Drainages;
- 564; Coastal East Africa;
- 551; Cuanza;
- 514; Eburneo;
- 583; Madagascar Eastern Lowlands;
- 533; Northern Gulf of Guinea Drainages - Bioko;
- 511; Northern Upper Guinea;
- 532; Ogooue - Nyanga - Kouilou - Niari;
- 568; Pangani;
- 587; S. Tome & Principe - Annobon;
- 518; Southern Gulf of Guinea Drainages;
- 512; Southern Upper Guinea;
- 567; Tana, Athi & Coastal Drainages;
- 576; Zambezian Lowveld;
Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes
- 544; Bangweulu - Mweru;
- 537; Cuvette Centrale;
- 508; Inner Niger Delta;
- 557; Kafue;
- 546; Kasai;
- 550; Lower Congo;
- 549; Lower Congo Rapids;
- 505; Lower Niger - Benue;
- 561; Lower Zambezi;
- 547; Mai Ndombe;
- 543; Malagarasi - Moyowosi;
- 548; Malebo Pool;
- 558; Middle Zambezi - Luangwa;
- 580; Northwestern Madagascar;
- 569; Okavango;
- 534; Sangha;
- 509; Senegal - Gambia;
- 535; Sudanic Congo - Oubangi;
- 538; Tumba;
- 539; Upper Congo Rapids;
- 545; Upper Lualaba;
- 522; Upper Nile;
- 556; Upper Zambezi Floodplains;
- 516; Volta;
Tropical and subtropical upland rivers
Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins
- 553; Etosha;
- 529; Horn of Africa;
- 570; Kalahari;
- 573; Karoo;
- 554; Karstveld Sink Holes;
- 520; Lake Chad;
- 552; Namib;
- 528; Northern Eastern Rift;
- 443; Oman Mountains;
- 531; Shebelle - Jubba;
- 566; Southern Eastern Rift;
- 571; Southern Kalahari;
- 582; Southern Madagascar;
- 439; Southwestern Arabian Coast;
- 579; Western Madagascar;
- 572; Western Orange;
Australasia
Montane freshwaters
- 751; Lake Poso;
- 750; Matano - Southern Malili Lakes;
- 814; New Guinea Central Mountains;
- 813; New Guinea North Coast;
Temperate coastal rivers
- 809; Bass Strait Drainages;
- 807; Eastern Coastal Australia;
- 811; New Zealand;
- 810; Southern Tasmania;
- 801; Southwestern Australia;
Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands
- 808; Murray - Darling;
Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers
- 805; Arafura - Carpentaria;
- 817; Bismarck Archipelago;
- 803; Kimberley;
- 748; Lesser Sunda Islands;
- 747; Malukku; (Indonesia)
- 820; New Caledonia;
- 816; Papuan Peninsula;
- 818; Solomon Islands;
- 815; Southwest New Guinea - Trans-Fly Lowland;
- 749; Sulawesi;
- 812; Vogelkop - Bomberai;
Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins
- 806; Great Artesian Basin;
- 804; Paleo;
- 802; Pilbara;
Indo-Malay
Large river deltas
- 729; Mekong Delta;
Montane freshwaters
- 743; Borneo Highlands;
- 710; Ganges Himalayan Foothills;
- 723; Inle Lake;
- 753; Lake Lanao;
Oceanic Islands
- 768; Andaman Islands;
- 769; Nicobar Islands;
Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers
- 736; Aceh;
- 740; Central & Eastern Java;
- 767; Coastal Fujian - Zhejiang;
- 745; Eastern Borneo;
- 731; Eastern Gulf of Thailand Drainages;
- 758; Eastern Taiwan;
- 759; Hainan;
- 737; Indian Ocean Slope of Sumatra & Java;
- 741; Kapuas;
- 719; Lower Brahmaputra - Arakan Coast;
- 734; Malay Peninsula Eastern Slope;
- 752; Mindanao;
- 744; Northeastern Borneo;
- 760; Northern Annam;
- 735; Northern Central Sumatra - Western Malaysia;
- 755; Northern Philippine Islands;
- 742; Northwestern Borneo;
- 756; Palawan - Busuanga - Mindoro;
- 746; Southeastern Borneo;
- 716; Southeastern Ghats;
- 730; Southern Annam;
- 738; Southern Central Sumatra;
- 739; Southern Sumatra - Western Java;
- 717; Sri Lanka Dry Zone;
- 718; Sri Lanka Wet Zone;
- 715; Western Ghats;
- 757; Western Taiwan;
Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes
- 732; Chao Phraya;
- 709; Ganges Delta & Plain;
- 728; Kretie - Stung Treng (Mekong);
- 703; Lower & Middle Indus;
- 722; Lower & Middle Salween;
- 726; Lower Lan Cang (Mekong);
- 733; Mae Khlong;
- 708; Namuda - Tapi;
- 713; Northern Deccan Plateau;
- 720; Sitang - Irrawaddy;
- 761; Song Hong;
- 714; Southern Deccan Plateau;
- 763; Xi Yiang;
Tropical and subtropical upland rivers
- 727; Khorat Plateau (Mekong);
- 712; Middle Brahmaputra;
Nearctic
Large lakes
- 109; English - Winnipeg Lakes;
- 116; Laurentian Great Lakes;
Oceanic Islands
- 176; Bermuda;
Polar freshwaters
- 101; Alaskan Coastal;
- 112; Canadian Arctic Archipelago;
- 106; Central Arctic Coastal;
- 105; Lower Mackenzie;
- 102; Upper Yukon;
- 111; Western Hudson Bay;
Temperate coastal rivers
- 103; Alaska & Canada Pacific Coastal;
- 157; Appalachian Piedmont;
- 115; Canadian Atlantic Islands;
- 158; Chesapeake Bay;
- 140; East Texas Gulf;
- 113; Eastern Hudson Bay - Ungava;
- 114; Gulf of St.Lawrence Coastal Drainages;
- 118; Northeast US & Southeast Canada Atlantic Drainages;
- 123; Oregon & Northern California Coastal;
- 141; Sabine - Galveston;
- 125; Sacramento - San Joaquin;
- 119; Scotia - Fundy;
- 110; Southern Hudson Bay;
- 117; St.Lawrence;
- 154; West Florida Gulf;
Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands
- 155; Apalachicola;
- 121; Columbia Unglaciated;
- 149; Lower Mississippi;
- 135; Lower Rio Grande - Bravo;
- 143; Middle Missouri;
- 153; Mobile Bay;
- 104; Upper Mackenzie;
- 148; Upper Mississippi;
Temperate upland rivers
- 146; Central Prairie;
- 120; Columbia Glaciated;
- 151; Cumberland;
- 108; Middle Saskatchewan;
- 145; Ouachita Highlands;
- 147; Ozark Highlands;
- 150; Teays - Old Ohio;
- 152; Tennessee;
- 142; Upper Missouri;
- 132; Upper Rio Grande - Bravo;
- 107; Upper Saskatchewan;
- 122; Upper Snake;
- 144; US Southern Plains;
Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers
Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins
- 127; Bonneville;
- 130; Colorado River;
- 136; Cuatro Cienegas;
- 128; Death Valley;
- 131; Gila;
- 161; Guzman - Samalayuca;
- 126; Lahontan;
- 165; Lerma - Chapala;
- 166; Llanos El Salado;
- 163; Mayran - Viesca;
- 124; Oregon Lakes;
- 133; Pecos;
- 134; Rio Conchos;
- 137; Salt River (Arizona);
- 138; Rio San Juan (Mexico);
- 160; Sonora;
- 159; Southern California Coastal - Baja California;
- 129; Vegas - Virgin;
Neotropic
Large lakes
- 303; Maracaibo;
Large river deltas
Montane freshwaters
- 312; Amazonas High Andes;
- 340; Cuyan - Desaguadero;
- 305; Orinoco High Andes;
- 306; Orinoco Piedmont;
- 317; Ucayali - Urubamba Piedmont;
- 313; Western Amazon Piedmont;
Oceanic Islands
- 350; Galápagos Islands;
- 351; Juan Fernández Islands;
Temperate coastal rivers
- 347; Bonaerensean Drainages;
- 334; Laguna dos Patos;
- 348; Patagonia;
- 341; South Andean Pacific Slopes;
- 349; Valdivian Lakes;
Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands
- 345; Lower Paraná;
Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers
- 168; Ameca - Manantlan;
- 212; Bahama Archipelago;
- 209; Chagres;
- 201; Chiapas - Fonseca;
- 206; Chiriquí River;
- 172; Coatzacoalcos;
- 211; Cuba - Cayman Islands;
- 204; Estero Real - Tempisque;
- 352; Fluminense;
- 173; Grijalva - Usumacinta;
- 214; Hispaniola;
- 207; Isthmus Caribbean;
- 213; Jamaica;
- 203; Mosquitia;
- 301; North Andean Pacific Slopes - Rio Atrato;
- 326; Northeastern Caatinga & Coastal Drainages;
- 328; Northeastern Mata Atlantica;
- 167; Panuco;
- 171; Papaloapan;
- 329; Paraiba do Sul;
- 215; Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands;
- 202; Quintana Roo - Motagua;
- 330; Ribeira de Iguape;
- 169; Rio Balsas;
- 164; Rio Santiago;
- 210; Rio Tuira;
- 205; San Juan (Nicaragua/Costa Rica);
- 208; Santa Maria;
- 170; Sierra Madre del Sur;
- 304; South America Caribbean Drainages - Trinidad;
- 331; Southeastern Mata Atlantica;
- 335; Tramandaí - Mampituba;
- 216; Windward & Leeward Islands;
- 175; Yucatán;
Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes
Tropical and subtropical upland rivers
- 315; Amazonas Guiana Shield;
- 310; Essequibo;
- 319; Guapore - Itenez;
- 311; Guianas;
- 346; Iguassu;
- 332; Lower Uruguay;
- 321; Madeira Brazilian Shield;
- 302; Magdalena - Sinu;
- 318; Mamore - Madre de Dios Piedmont;
- 308; Orinoco Guiana Shield;
- 325; Parnaiba;
- 327; S. Francisco;
- 320; Tapajos - Juruena;
- 324; Tocantins - Araguaia;
- 344; Upper Paraná;
- 333; Upper Uruguay;
- 174; Upper Usumacinta;
- 322; Xingu;
Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins
- 338; Atacama;
- 336; Central Andean Pacific Slopes;
- 339; Mar Chiquita - Salinas Grandes;
- 337; Titicaca;
Oceania
Oceanic Islands
- 217; Cocos Island (Costa Rica);
- 829; East Caroline Islands;
- 821; Fiji;
- 828; Hawaiian Islands;
- 826; Marquesas Islands;
- 827; Rapa;
- 823; Samoas;
- 824; Society Islands;
- 825; Tubuai Islands;
- 819; Vanuatu;
- 822; Wallis - Futuna;
- 830; West Caroline Islands;
Palearctic
Large lakes
- 629; Aral Sea Drainages;
- 643; Biwa Ko;
- 452; Caspian Marine;
- 606; Lake Baikal;
- 627; Lake Issyk Kul - Upper Chu;
- 409; Lake Onega - Lake Ladoga;
- 453; Volga Delta - Northern Caspian Drainages;
Large river deltas
- 524; Nile Delta;
Montane freshwaters
- 604; Chuya;
- 725; Er Hai;
- 705; Indus Himalayan Foothills;
- 633; Upper Huang He;
- 634; Upper Huang He Corridor;
- 706; Upper Indus;
- 704; Yaghistan;
- 762; Yunnan Lakes;
Polar freshwater
- 602; Ob;
- 610; Anadyr;
- 407; Barents Sea Drainages;
- 611; East Chukotka;
- 401; Iceland - Jan Mayen;
- 609; Kolyma;
- 608; Lena;
- 406; Northern Baltic Drainages;
- 405; Norwegian Sea Drainages;
- 607; Taimyr;
- 605; Yenisei;
Temperate coastal rivers
- 424; Aegean Drainages;
- 420; Albania;
- 501; Atlantic Northwest Africa;
- 403; Cantabric Coast - Languedoc;
- 615; Coastal Amur;
- 426; Crimea Peninsula;
- 419; Dalmatia;
- 638; Eastern Yellow Sea Drainages;
- 415; Gulf of Venice Drainages;
- 640; Hamgyong - Sanmaek;
- 642; Honshū - Shikoku - Kyūshū;
- 421; Ionian Drainages;
- 416; Italian Peninsula & Islands;
- 613; Kamchatka & Northern Kurils;
- 612; Koryakia;
- 428; Kuban;
- 502; Mediterranean Northwest Africa;
- 430; Northern Anatolia;
- 402; Northern British Isles;
- 451; Northern Hormuz Drainages;
- 614; Okhotsk Coast;
- 437; Orontes;
- 641; Sakhalin, Hokkaido, & Sikhote - Alin Coast;
- 639; Southeastern Korean Peninsula;
- 432; Southern Anatolia;
- 408; Southern Baltic Lowlands;
- 423; Thrace;
- 422; Vardar;
- 429; Western Anatolia;
- 412; Western Iberia;
- 433; Western Transcaucasia;
Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands
- 404; Central & Western Europe;
- 425; Dnieper - Southern Bug;
- 418; Dniester - Lower Danube;
- 427; Don;
- 414; Eastern Iberia;
- 635; Huang He Great Bend;
- 434; Kura - South Caspian Drainages;
- 637; Liao He;
- 616; Lower Amur;
- 636; Lower Huang He;
- 441; Lower Tigris & Euphrates;
- 766; Lower Yangtze;
- 620; Songhua Jiang;
- 413; Southern Iberia;
- 442; Upper Tigris & Euphrates;
- 410; Volga - Ural;
Temperate upland rivers
- 618; Argun;
- 626; Lower & Middle Syr Darya;
- 630; Middle Amu Darya;
- 617; Middle Amur;
- 765; Middle Yangtze;
- 628; Northern Central Asian Highlands;
- 632; Qaidan;
- 619; Shilka (Amur);
- 417; Upper Danube;
- 603; Upper Irtysh;
- 764; Upper Yangtze;
Tropical and subtropical upland rivers
- 711; Upper Brahmaputra;
- 724; Upper Lan Cang (Mekong);
- 721; Upper Salween;
Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins
- 440; Arabian Interior;
- 624; Balkash - Alakul;
- 701; Baluchistan;
- 446; Caspian Highlands;
- 431; Central Anatolia;
- 436; Coastal Levant;
- 504; Dry Sahel;
- 623; Dzungaria;
- 449; Esfahan;
- 702; Helmand - Sistan;
- 621; Inner Mongolia Endorheic Basins;
- 601; Irgyz - Turgai;
- 438; Jordan River;
- 448; Kavir & Lut Deserts;
- 444; Lake Van;
- 523; Lower Nile;
- 447; Namak;
- 445; Orumiyeh;
- 503; Sahara;
- 435; Sinai;
- 625; Tarim;
- 707; Tibetan Plateau Endorheic Drainages;
- 450; Turan Plain;
- 631; Upper Amu Darya;
- 411; Western Caspian Drainages;
- 622; Western Mongolia;
- 527; Western Red Sea Drainages;
See also
- List of ecoregions (WWF), 867 terrestrial ecoregions, freshwater ecoregions and 232 ecoregions of the coastal & continental shelf areas
- Lists of ecoregions by country
External links
References
- Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, D.C..
- Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington, D.C..
- "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: Major Habitat Types" . Accessed May 12, 2008.
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