The following is a list of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
[edit]- Albertine Rift montane forests
- Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
- Central Congolian lowland forests
- Eastern Congolian swamp forests
- Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
- Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
- Western Congolian swamp forests
- Angolan miombo woodlands
- Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
- East Sudanian savanna
- Itigi–Sumbu thicket
- Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
- Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
- Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic
- Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
Freshwater ecoregions
[edit]by bioregion
West Coastal Equatorial
[edit]Congo
[edit]- Albertine Highlands
- Bangweulu-Mweru
- Central Congo
- Cuvette Centrale
- Kasai
- Lower Congo
- Lower Congo Rapids
- Mai-Ndombe
- Malebo Pool
- Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)
- Thysville Caves
- Tumba
- Uele
- Upemba
- Upper Congo
- Upper Congo Rapids
Nilo-Sudan
[edit]Great Lakes
[edit]Marine ecoregions
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
- Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.