The following is a list of ecoregions in Brazil as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions edit
by major habitat type edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
- Alto Paraná Atlantic forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
- 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)
- Guayanan Highlands moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Guianan moist forests (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
- Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests (Brazil, 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)
- 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 forests (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 edit
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands edit
- Campos rupestres (Brazil)
- Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Guianan savanna (Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela)
- Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
- Uruguayan savanna (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
Flooded grasslands and savannas edit
Deserts and xeric shrublands edit
Mangrove edit
- Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
- Bahia mangroves (Brazil)
- Ilha Grande mangroves (Brazil)
- Pará mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio Piranhas mangroves (Brazil)
- Rio São Francisco mangroves (Brazil)
by bioregion edit
Orinoco bioregion edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
Amazonia bioregion edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
- Caquetá 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)
- Negro–Branco moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)
- Purus varzea (Brazil)
- Purus–Madeira moist forests (Brazil, Bolivia)
- Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil, Colombia)
- Solimões–Japurá moist forests (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 edit
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands edit
Eastern South America bioregion edit
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests edit
- Alto Paraná Atlantic forests (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
- 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)
- Pernambuco coastal forests (Brazil)
- Pernambuco interior forests (Brazil)
- Serra do Mar coastal forests (Brazil)
- Trindade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests (Brazil)
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests edit
Flooded grasslands and savannas edit
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands edit
- Campos rupestres (Brazil)
- Cerrado (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Humid Chaco (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
Deserts and xeric shrublands edit
Southern South America bioregion edit
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands edit
Mangroves edit
by mangrove complex
Amazon-Orinoco-Maranhao complex edit
- Amapá mangroves (Brazil)
- Guianan mangroves (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil)
- Maranhão mangroves (Brazil)
- Pará mangroves (Brazil)
Northeast Brazil complex edit
Southeast Brazil complex edit
Freshwater ecoregions edit
by freshwater complex edit
Guiana/Orinoco Complex edit
- Eastern Morichal (Venezuela)
- Orinoco Delta (Venezuela)
- Southern Orinoco (Venezuela)
- Guiana Watershed (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)
Amazon Complex edit
- 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 edit
- Maranhao (Brazil)
Mata-Atlantica Complex edit
- Northeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
- East Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
- Southeast Mata-Atlantica (Brazil)
São Francisco Complex edit
Upper Parana Complex edit
- Alto Paraná Atlantic forests (Brazil)
Beni Savanna (Llanos de Moxos) Complex edit
- Llanos de Moxos (Bolivia, Brazil)
Paraguay-Parana Complex edit
- Pantanal (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
- Lower Parana (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)
Southern Atlantic Complex edit
- Jacui Highlands (Brazil, Uruguay)
- Lagoa dos Patos Coastal Plain (Brazil, Uruguay)
Marine ecoregions edit
by marine realm and marine province
Tropical Atlantic edit
North Brazil Shelf edit
Tropical Southwestern Atlantic edit
- Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Islands
- Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas
- Northeastern Brazil marine ecoregion
- Eastern Brazil marine ecoregion
- Trindade and Martin Vaz Islands
Temperate South America edit
Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic edit
See also edit
References edit
- Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et al. (1995). A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC, [1].
- Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC, [2].
- Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583, [3].