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List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The following is a list of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Contents

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

  • Albertine Rift montane forests
  • Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
  • Central Congolian lowland forests
  • Eastern Congolian swamp forests
  • Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
  • Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
  • Western Congolian swamp forests

    • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

  • Angolan Miombo woodlands
  • Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
  • East Sudanian savanna
  • Itigi-Sumbu thicket
  • Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
  • Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
  • Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic

    • Montane grasslands and shrublands

  • Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

    • Flooded grasslands and savannas

  • Zambezian flooded grasslands

    • Mangroves

  • Central African mangroves

    • Freshwater ecoregions

    by bioregion

    West Coastal Equatorial

  • Southern West Coastal Equatorial

    • Congo

  • Albertine Highlands
  • Bangweulu-Mweru
  • Central Congo
  • Cuvette Centrale
  • Kasai
  • Lower Congo
  • Lower Congo Rapids
  • Mai Ndombe
  • Malebo Pool
  • Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)
  • Thysville Caves
  • Tumba
  • Uele
  • Upemba
  • Upper Congo
  • Upper Congo Rapids

    • Nilo-Sudan

  • Upper Nile

    • Great Lakes

  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

    • Marine ecoregions

  • Gulf of Guinea South

    • References

    List of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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