List of ecoregions in Brazil

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Brazil, as defined by the WWF:

Contents

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Mangrove

by bioregion

Amazonia bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Eastern South America

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Deserts and xeric shrublands

Orinoco bioregion

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Mangroves

by mangrove complex

Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao
Northeast Brazil
Southeast Brazil

Freshwater ecoregions

by freshwater complex

Guiana/Orinoco Complex

Amazon Complex

Northeast Atlantic Complex

Mata-Atlantica Complex

São Francisco Complex

Upper Parana Complex

Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex

Paraguay-Parana Complex

Southern Atlantic Complex

Marine ecoregions

by marine realm and marine province

Tropical Atlantic

North Brazil Shelf

  • Guianian
  • Amazonia

Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

Temperate South America

Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic

  • Southeastern Brazil
  • Rio Grande

See also

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.
  • 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 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.