Ecoregions

116 WWF terrestrial ecoregions

Biodiversity Heatmap

Species count by biogeographic realm and taxonomic class

Realm	Acidimicrobiia	Acidobacteriae	Aconoidasida	Actinomycetia	Actinopterygii	Aenigmatarchaeia	Agaricomycetes	Alphaproteobacteria
Afrotropic	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—
Australasia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Indomalaya	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—
Nearctic	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Neotropic	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Oceania	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Palearctic	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—
Antarctic	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands (20)

Aldabra Island xeric scrub

Afrotropic 159 km²

Eritrean coastal desert

Afrotropic 4576 km²

Hobyo grasslands and shrublands

Afrotropic 13389 km²

Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub

Afrotropic 22 km²

Kalahari xeric savanna

Afrotropic 685551 km²

Djibouti xeric shrublands

Afrotropic 236721 km²

Gariep Karoo

Afrotropic 251666 km²

Kaokoveld desert

Afrotropic 33158 km²

Nama Karoo shrublands

Afrotropic 161740 km²

Namaqualand-Richtersveld steppe

Afrotropic 52849 km²

Southwest Arabian coastal xeric shrublands

Afrotropic 41303 km²

Southwest Arabian Escarpment shrublands and woodlands

Afrotropic 100313 km²

Southwest Arabian highland xeric scrub

Afrotropic 32523 km²

Madagascar spiny thickets

Afrotropic 43294 km²

Succulent Karoo xeric shrublands

Afrotropic 57022 km²

Madagascar succulent woodlands

Afrotropic 79496 km²

Namib Desert

Afrotropic 79231 km²

Namibian savanna woodlands

Afrotropic 102793 km²

Socotra Island xeric shrublands

Afrotropic 3803 km²

Somali montane xeric woodlands

Afrotropic 63604 km²

Flooded Grasslands & Savannas (8)

East African halophytics

Afrotropic 3775 km²

Etosha Pan halophytics

Afrotropic 7691 km²

Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna

Afrotropic 45868 km²

Lake Chad flooded savanna

Afrotropic 31988 km²

Zambezian coastal flooded savanna

Afrotropic 19369 km²

Zambezian flooded grasslands

Afrotropic 201936 km²

Makgadikgadi halophytics

Afrotropic 17593 km²

Sudd flooded grasslands

Afrotropic 188112 km²

Mangroves (6)

Central African mangroves

Afrotropic 30787 km²

East African mangroves

Afrotropic 2195 km²

Guinean mangroves

Afrotropic 23420 km²

Madagascar mangroves

Afrotropic 5187 km²

Southern Africa mangroves

Afrotropic 992 km²

Red Sea mangroves

Afrotropic 1159 km²

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub (3)

Albany thickets

Afrotropic 36718 km²

Fynbos shrubland

Afrotropic 53667 km²

Renosterveld shrubland

Afrotropic 28364 km²

Montane Grasslands & Shrublands (11)

East African montane moorlands

Afrotropic 3089 km²

Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands

Afrotropic 221147 km²

Angolan montane forest-grassland

Afrotropic 17254 km²

Ethiopian montane moorlands

Afrotropic 15631 km²

Jos Plateau forest-grassland

Afrotropic 13281 km²

Mulanje Montane forest-grassland

Afrotropic 940 km²

Nyanga-Chimanimani Montane forest-grassland

Afrotropic 7705 km²

Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

Afrotropic 516 km²

Southern Rift Montane forest-grassland

Afrotropic 22270 km²

Highveld grasslands

Afrotropic 241638 km²

Madagascar ericoid thickets

Afrotropic 1273 km²

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands (2)

Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands

Afrotropic 167 km²

Amsterdam-Saint Paul Islands temperate grasslands

Afrotropic 69 km²

Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests (3)

Cape Verde Islands dry forests

Afrotropic 4548 km²

Madagascar dry deciduous forests

Afrotropic 151560 km²

Zambezian evergreen dry forests

Afrotropic 31577 km²

Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands (33)

Angolan mopane woodlands

Afrotropic 191639 km²

Ascension scrub and grasslands

Afrotropic 93 km²

Angolan wet miombo woodlands

Afrotropic 446900 km²

Central bushveld

Afrotropic 155683 km²

Central Zambezian wet miombo woodlands

Afrotropic 1017854 km²

Drakensberg Escarpment savanna and thicket

Afrotropic 34968 km²

Drakensberg grasslands

Afrotropic 114782 km²

Dry miombo woodlands

Afrotropic 1185633 km²

Guinean forest-savanna

Afrotropic 670787 km²

Horn of Africa xeric bushlands

Afrotropic 230522 km²

Kalahari Acacia woodlands

Afrotropic 106411 km²

Limpopo lowveld

Afrotropic 82033 km²

Mandara Plateau woodlands

Afrotropic 7479 km²

East Sudanian savanna

Afrotropic 1055347 km²

Northern Congolian Forest-Savanna

Afrotropic 703012 km²

South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune

Afrotropic 19474 km²

Southern Congolian forest-savanna

Afrotropic 565812 km²

Southwest Arabian montane woodlands and grasslands

Afrotropic 28290 km²

Victoria Basin forest-savanna

Afrotropic 165923 km²

Western Congolian forest-savanna

Afrotropic 373919 km²

Zambezian mopane woodlands

Afrotropic 387596 km²

Zambezian-Limpopo mixed woodlands

Afrotropic 182434 km²

Itigi-Sumbu thicket

Afrotropic 10997 km²

Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets

Afrotropic 364813 km²

Sahelian Acacia savanna

Afrotropic 3668681 km²

Serengeti volcanic grasslands

Afrotropic 125 km²

Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets

Afrotropic 751455 km²

Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets

Afrotropic 233878 km²

St. Helena scrub and woodlands

Afrotropic 130 km²

West Sudanian savanna

Afrotropic 1632968 km²

Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands

Afrotropic 358547 km²

Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands

Afrotropic 136168 km²

Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands

Afrotropic 74478 km²

Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests (30)

Cameroon Highlands forests

Afrotropic 37880 km²

Congolian coastal forests

Afrotropic 188821 km²

Albertine Rift montane forests

Afrotropic 150498 km²

Kwazulu Natal-Cape coastal forests

Afrotropic 10978 km²

Madagascar humid forests

Afrotropic 111759 km²

Maputaland coastal forests and woodlands

Afrotropic 30144 km²

Northeast Congolian lowland forests

Afrotropic 512304 km²

Northern Swahili coastal forests

Afrotropic 143425 km²

Northwest Congolian lowland forests

Afrotropic 432190 km²

São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón forests

Afrotropic 1032 km²

Southern Swahili coastal forests and woodlands

Afrotropic 149082 km²

Central Congolian lowland forests

Afrotropic 412882 km²

Comoros forests

Afrotropic 2055 km²

Cross-Niger transition forests

Afrotropic 20629 km²

Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests

Afrotropic 51840 km²

East African montane forests

Afrotropic 61483 km²

Eastern Arc forests

Afrotropic 11151 km²

Eastern Congolian swamp forests

Afrotropic 92315 km²

Eastern Guinean forests

Afrotropic 188894 km²

Ethiopian montane forests

Afrotropic 67663 km²

Granitic Seychelles forests

Afrotropic 308 km²

Guinean montane forests

Afrotropic 30924 km²

Knysna-Amatole montane forests

Afrotropic 2068 km²

Madagascar subhumid forests

Afrotropic 198972 km²

Mascarene forests

Afrotropic 4932 km²

Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests

Afrotropic 1141 km²

Niger Delta swamp forests

Afrotropic 14343 km²

Nigerian lowland forests

Afrotropic 67043 km²

Western Congolian swamp forests

Afrotropic 128060 km²

Western Guinean lowland forests

Afrotropic 204225 km²