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This is a list of ecoregions in Nepal

Terrestrial ecoregions

Most of Nepal is in the Indomalayan realm. The highest portions of the Himalaya are in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.[1]

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

  • Upper Brahmaputra
  • Ganges Himalayan Foothills
  • Ganges Delta and Plain

References

  1. ^ Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. (2001). Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938
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