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List of ecoregions in China

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The following is a list of terrestrial ecoregions of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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The transition between two of the planet's eight ecozones – the Palearctic, which includes temperate and boreal Eurasia, and Indomalaya, which includes tropical South and Southeast Asia – extends through southern China.

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

  • Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
  • South China Sea Islands
  • South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
  • South Taiwan monsoon rain forests (Taiwan)
  • Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests (Taiwan)
  • Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests

    • Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

  • Central China loess plateau mixed forests
  • Changbai Mountains mixed forests
  • Changjiang Plain evergreen forests
  • Daba Mountains evergreen forests
  • Huang He Plain mixed forests
  • Manchurian mixed forests
  • Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
  • Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests
  • Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests
  • Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe

    • Temperate coniferous forests

  • Altai montane forest and forest steppe
  • Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests
  • Helanshan montane conifer forests
  • Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests
  • Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
  • Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests
  • Qilian Mountains conifer forests
  • Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests
  • Tian Shan montane conifer forests

    • Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • Daurian forest steppe
  • Emin Valley steppe
  • Mongolian-Manchurian grassland
  • Tian Shan foothill arid steppe

    • Flooded grasslands and savannas

  • Amur meadow steppe
  • Bohai Sea saline meadow
  • Nenjiang River grassland
  • Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow
  • Yellow Sea saline meadow

    • Montane grasslands and shrublands

  • Altai alpine meadow and tundra
  • Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
  • Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
  • Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe
  • North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert
  • Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
  • Ordos Plateau steppe
  • Pamir alpine desert and tundra
  • Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows
  • Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows
  • Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows
  • Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows
  • Yarlung Zambo arid steppe

    • Deserts and xeric shrublands

  • Alashan Plateau semi-desert
  • Eastern Gobi desert steppe
  • Junggar Basin semi-desert
  • Qaidam Basin semi-desert
  • Taklimakan desert

    • References

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


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