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
- Sahelian Acacia savanna
- West Sudanian savanna
Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Saharan halophytics
Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Atlantic coastal desert
- North Saharan steppe and woodlands
- Sahara desert
- South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
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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Mauritania articles
- Precolonial
- Colonial
- 1960–1978
- 1978–1984
- 1984–present
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