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The following is a list of
ecoregions in
Brazil as identified by the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat type
Alto Paraná Atlantic forests (
Argentina ,
Brazil ,
Paraguay )
Araucaria moist forests (
Argentina ,
Brazil )
Atlantic Coast restingas (
Brazil )
Bahia coastal forests (
Brazil )
Bahia interior forests (
Brazil )
Caatinga Enclaves moist forests (
Brazil )
Fernando de Noronha-Atol das Rocas moist forests (
Brazil )
Guayanan Highlands moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Guyana ,
Suriname ,
Venezuela )
Guianan moist forests (
Brazil ,
French Guiana ,
Guyana ,
Suriname ,
Venezuela )
Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests (
Brazil ,
Venezuela )
Gurupá várzea (
Brazil )
Iquitos várzea (
Bolivia ,
Brazil ,
Peru )
Japurá–Solimões–Negro moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Venezuela )
Juruá–Purus moist forests (
Brazil )
Madeira–Tapajós moist forests (
Bolivia ,
Brazil )
Marajó várzea (
Brazil )
Maranhão Babaçu forests (
Brazil )
Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (
Brazil ,
Bolivia )
Monte Alegre várzea (
Brazil )
Negro–Branco moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Venezuela )
Northeastern Brazil restingas (
Brazil )
Pernambuco coastal forests (
Brazil )
Pernambuco interior forests (
Brazil )
Purus várzea (
Brazil )
Purus–Madeira moist forests (
Brazil )
Serra do Mar coastal forests (
Brazil )
Solimões–Japurá moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Peru )
Southwest Amazon moist forests (
Bolivia ,
Brazil ,
Peru )
Tapajós–Xingu moist forests (
Brazil )
Tepuis (
Brazil ,
Guyana ,
Suriname ,
Venezuela )
Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forests (
Brazil )
Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests (
Brazil ,
Guyana ,
Suriname )
Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests (
Brazil )
by bioregion
Caquetá moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia )
Guianan moist forests (
Brazil ,
French Guiana ,
Guyana ,
Suriname ,
Venezuela )
Gurupa várzea (
Brazil )
Iquitos várzea (
Bolivia ,
Brazil ,
Peru )
Japurá–Solimões–Negro moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Venezuela )
Juruá–Purus moist forests (
Brazil )
Madeira–Tapajós moist forests (
Bolivia ,
Brazil )
Marajó várzea (
Brazil )
Maranhão Babaçu forests (
Brazil )
Mato Grosso tropical dry forests (
Brazil ,
Bolivia )
Monte Alegre várzea (
Brazil )
Negro–Branco moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Venezuela )
Purus varzea (
Brazil )
Purus–Madeira moist forests (
Brazil ,
Bolivia )
Rio Negro campinarana (
Brazil ,
Colombia )
Solimões–Japurá moist forests (
Brazil ,
Colombia ,
Peru )
Southwest Amazon moist forests (
Bolivia ,
Brazil ,
Peru )
Tapajós–Xingu moist forests (
Brazil )
Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forests (
Brazil )
Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests (
Brazil ,
Guyana ,
Suriname )
Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests (
Brazil )
Mangroves
by mangrove complex
Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao complex
Northeast Brazil complex
Southeast Brazil complex
Freshwater ecoregions
by freshwater complex
Guiana/Orinoco Complex
Amazon Complex
Northeast Atlantic Complex
Mata-Atlantica Complex
São Francisco Complex
Upper Parana Complex
Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex
Paraguay-Parana Complex
Southern Atlantic Complex
Marine ecoregions
by marine realm and marine province
Temperate South America
Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic
See also
References
Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC,
[1] .
Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC,
[2] .
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,
[3] .
List of ecoregions in South America