List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• 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

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• 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

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Mangroves

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial

• Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo

• 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

• Upper Nile

Great Lakes

• Lake Tanganyika
• Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Marine ecoregions

• Gulf of Guinea South

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.
• 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.

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