List of ecoregions in Angola

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

Terrestrial ecoregions[edit]

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests[edit]

• Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests[edit]

• Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands[edit]

• Angolan miombo woodlands
• Angolan mopane woodlands
• Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
• Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
• Western Zambezian grasslands

Flooded grasslands and savannas[edit]

• Zambezian flooded grasslands

Montane grasslands and shrublands[edit]

• Angolan montane forest–grassland mosaic
• Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands[edit]

• Kaokoveld desert
• Namibian savanna woodlands

Mangroves[edit]

• Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions[edit]

by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial[edit]

• Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo[edit]

• Kasai
• Lower Congo

Cuanza[edit]

• Cuanza

Zambezi[edit]

• Etosha
• Namib Coastal
• Zambezi
  • Upper Zambezi Floodplains
  • Zambezian Headwaters
• Okavango Floodplains

Marine ecoregions[edit]

• Angolan
• Namib

References[edit]

• Burgess, Neil; Hales, Jennifer D'Amico; Underwood, Emma; Dinerstein, Eric [in German]; Olson, David; Illanga, Itoua; Schipper, Jan; Ricketts, Taylor; Newman, Kate (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar – A Conservation Assessment. Washington DC: Island Press.
• 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.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.