List of ecoregions in Kenya

The following is a list of ecoregions in Kenya, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• East African montane forests
• Eastern Arc forests
• Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
• Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• East African halophytics
• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• East African montane moorlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands

Mangroves

• East African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Nilo-Sudan

• Shebele-Juba Catchments
• Lake Turkana

Great Lakes

• Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Eastern and Coastal

• Kenyan Coastal Rivers
• Pangani
• Southern Eastern Rift

Marine ecoregions

• East African Coral Coast

See also

• Environment of Kenya

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.; Fox, Helen E.; Allen, Gerald R.; Davidson, Nick; Ferdaña, Zach A.; Finlayson, Max; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Jorge, Miguel A.; Lombana, Al; Lourie, Sara A.; Martin, Kirsten D.; McManus, Edmund; Molnar, Jennifer; Recchia, Cheri A.; Robertson, James (2007). "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas" (PDF). BioScience. 57 (7): 573–583. doi:10.1641/B570707.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.