List of ecoregions in the Gambia

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

Terrestrial ecoregions

By major habitat type:

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
  • West Sudanian savanna

Mangrove

  • Guinean mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

By bioregion:

Nilo-Sudan

  • Senegal-Gambia

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. [1]
  • Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
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