Ecoregions

46 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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High

Montane Grasslands & Shrublands (46)

Australian Alps montane grasslands

AA1001
Australasia 12330 km²

New Zealand South Island montane grasslands

AA10194
Australasia 40006 km²

Papuan Central Range sub-alpine grasslands

AA10195
Australasia 15503 km²

East African montane moorlands

AT1005
Afrotropic 3089 km²

Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands

AT1007
Afrotropic 221147 km²

Angolan montane forest-grassland

AT10077
Afrotropic 17254 km²

Ethiopian montane moorlands

AT1008
Afrotropic 15631 km²

Jos Plateau forest-grassland

AT10082
Afrotropic 13281 km²

Mulanje Montane forest-grassland

AT10084
Afrotropic 940 km²

Nyanga-Chimanimani Montane forest-grassland

AT10085
Afrotropic 7705 km²

Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

AT10086
Afrotropic 516 km²

Southern Rift Montane forest-grassland

AT10087
Afrotropic 22270 km²

Highveld grasslands

AT1009
Afrotropic 241638 km²

Madagascar ericoid thickets

AT1011
Afrotropic 1273 km²

Kinabalu montane alpine meadows

IM1001
Indomalaya 597 km²

Central Andean dry puna

NT1001
Neotropic 254930 km²

Central Andean puna

NT1002
Neotropic 211478 km²

Central Andean wet puna

NT1003
Neotropic 116874 km²

Cordillera Central páramo

NT1004
Neotropic 12120 km²

Cordillera de Merida páramo

NT1005
Neotropic 2798 km²

Northern Andean páramo

NT1006
Neotropic 29810 km²

Santa Marta páramo

NT1007
Neotropic 1239 km²

Southern Andean steppe

NT1008
Neotropic 124779 km²

High Monte

NT1010
Neotropic 116569 km²

Altai alpine meadow and tundra

PA1001
Palearctic 90435 km²

Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe

PA1002
Palearctic 629192 km²

Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows

PA1003
Palearctic 121014 km²

Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow

PA1004
Palearctic 66482 km²

Hindu Kush alpine meadow

PA1005
Palearctic 28268 km²

Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe

PA1006
Palearctic 143265 km²

Khangai Mountains alpine meadow

PA1007
Palearctic 37168 km²

Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe

PA1008
Palearctic 58318 km²

Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands

PA1009
Palearctic 126224 km²

Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe

PA1010
Palearctic 6328 km²

North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert

PA1011
Palearctic 374494 km²

Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows

PA1012
Palearctic 49390 km²

Ordos Plateau steppe

PA1013
Palearctic 215604 km²

Pamir alpine desert and tundra

PA1014
Palearctic 118040 km²

Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows

PA1015
Palearctic 73285 km²

Sayan alpine meadows and tundra

PA1016
Palearctic 81212 km²

Sulaiman Range alpine meadows

PA1018
Palearctic 23850 km²

Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows

PA1019
Palearctic 280611 km²

Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows

PA1021
Palearctic 70090 km²

Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows

PA10765
Palearctic 460543 km²

Tibetan Plateau alpine shrublands and meadows

PA10768
Palearctic 272000 km²

Yarlung Zanbo arid steppe

PA10770
Palearctic 59381 km²