List of ecoregions in Brazil
The following is a list of ecoregions in Brazil as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions[edit]
by major habitat type[edit]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[edit]
- 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)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests[edit]
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]
- Campos rupestres (Brazil)
- Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Guianan savanna (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela)
- Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
- Uruguayan savanna (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
Flooded grasslands and savannas[edit]
Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]
Mangrove[edit]
- Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
- Bahia mangroves (Brazil)
- Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)
- Pará mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil)
by bioregion[edit]
Orinoco bioregion[edit]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[edit]
Amazonia bioregion[edit]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[edit]
- 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)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests[edit]
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]
Eastern South America bioregion[edit]
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[edit]
- 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)
- Northeastern Brazil restingas (Brazil)
- Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil)
- Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil)
- Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil)
- Trindade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests[edit]
Flooded grasslands and savannas[edit]
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]
- Campos rupestres (Brazil)
- Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]
Southern South America bioregion[edit]
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]
Mangroves[edit]
by mangrove complex
Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao complex[edit]
- Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
- Guianan mangroves (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil)
- Maranhão mangroves (Brazil)
- Pará mangroves (Brazil)
Northeast Brazil complex[edit]
Southeast Brazil complex[edit]
Freshwater ecoregions[edit]
by freshwater complex[edit]
Guiana/Orinoco Complex[edit]
- Eastern Morichal (Venezuela)
- Orinoco Delta (Venezuela)
- Southern Orinoco (Venezuela)
- Guiana Watershed (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
Amazon Complex[edit]
- Amazon Delta (Brazil)
- Amazon Main Channel (Brazil, Peru)
- Northern Amazon Shield Tributaries (Brazil)
- Rio Negro (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
- Upper Amazon Piedmont (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- Western Amazon Lowlands (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
- Central Brazilian Shield Tributaries (Bolivia, Brazil)
- Tocantins-Araguaia (Brazil)
Northeast Atlantic Complex[edit]
- Maranhao (Brazil)
Mata-Atlantica Complex[edit]
- Northeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
- East Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
- Southeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
São Francisco Complex[edit]
Upper Parana Complex[edit]
- Alto Paraná Atlantic forests (Brazil)
Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex[edit]
- Llanos de Moxos (Bolivia, Brazil)
Paraguay-Parana Complex[edit]
- Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Lower Parana (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
Southern Atlantic Complex[edit]
- Jacui Highlands (Brazil, Uruguay)
- Lagoa dos Patos Coastal Plain (Brazil, Uruguay)
Marine ecoregions[edit]
by marine realm and marine province
Tropical Atlantic[edit]
North Brazil Shelf[edit]
Tropical Southwestern Atlantic[edit]
- Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands
- Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas
- Northeastern Brazil marine ecoregion
- Eastern Brazil marine ecoregion
- Trindade and Martin Vaz Islands
Temperate South America[edit]
Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic[edit]
See also[edit]
- Protected areas of Brazil
- Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil
- Biomes in Brazil
- List of Atlantic Forest conservation units
- List of state parks in São Paulo
References[edit]
- 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].