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List of ecoregions in Brazil

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Brazil, as defined by the WWF:

Contents

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

  • 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)
  • Guayana highlands forests (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
  • Guianan moist forests (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, 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)
  • Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
  • 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 forest (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

  • Atlantic dry forests (Brazil)
  • Chiquitano dry forests (Bolivia, Brazil)

    • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • Beni savanna (Bolivia, Brazil)
  • Campos Rupestres montane savanna (Brazil)
  • Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Guyanan savanna (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela)
  • Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
  • Uruguayan savanna (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)

    • Flooded grasslands and savannas

  • Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)

    • Deserts and xeric shrublands

  • Caatinga (Brazil)
  • Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks (Brazil)

    • Mangrove

  • Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
  • Bahia mangroves (Brazil)
  • Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)
  • Pará mangroves (Brazil)
  • Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
  • Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil)

    • Orinoco bioregion

    Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
  • Guayanan highlands forests (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)

    • Amazonia bioregion

    Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
  • Caqueta 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)
  • Napo Moist Forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
  • Negro-Branco moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Purus varzea (Brazil)
  • Purus-Madeira moist forests (Brazil, Bolivia)
  • Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil, Colombia)
  • Solimões-Japurá moist forest (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
  • Chiquitano dry forests (Bolivia, Brazil)
    • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
  • Beni savanna (Bolivia)
  • Guyanan savanna (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela)

    • Eastern South America bioregion

    Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
  • 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)
  • Parañá-Paraíba interior forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil)
  • Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil)
  • Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil)
  • Trinidade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil)
    • Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
  • Atlantic Dry Forests (Brazil)
    • Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
    • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
  • Campos Rupestres montane savanna (Brazil)
  • Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
    • Deserts and xeric shrublands
  • Caatinga (Brazil)
  • Saint Peter and Saint Paul rocks (Brazil)

    • Southern South America bioregion

    Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
  • Uruguayan savanna (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)

    • Mangroves

    by mangrove complex

    Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao complex
  • Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
  • Maranhão mangroves (Brazil)
  • Pará mangroves (Brazil)
    • Northeast Brazil complex
  • Bahia mangroves (Brazil)
  • Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
  • Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil)
    • Southeast Brazil complex
  • Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)

    • Guiana/Orinoco Complex

  • Eastern Morichal (Venezuela)
  • Orinoco Delta (Venezuela)
  • Southern Orinoco (Venezuela)
  • Guiana Watershed (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)

    • Amazon Complex

  • 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

  • Maranhao (Brazil)

    • Mata-Atlantica Complex

  • Northeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
  • East Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
  • Southeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)

    • São Francisco Complex

  • Caatinga (Brazil)
  • Cerrado (Brazil)

    • Upper Parana Complex

  • Alto Paraná Atlantic forests (Brazil)

    • Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex

  • Llanos de Moxos (Bolivia, Brazil)

    • Paraguay-Parana Complex

  • Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Lower Parana (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)

    • Southern Atlantic Complex

  • Jacui Highlands (Brazil, Uruguay)
  • Lagoa dos Patos Coastal Plain (Brazil, Uruguay)

    • Marine ecoregions

    by marine realm and marine province

    North Brazil Shelf

  • Guianian
  • Amazonia

    • Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

  • Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands
  • Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas
  • Northeastern Brazil
  • Eastern Brazil
  • Trindade and Martin Vaz Islands

    • Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic

  • Southeastern Brazil
  • Rio Grande

    • References

    List of ecoregions in Brazil Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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