List of ecoregions in El Salvador

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This is a list of ecoregions in El Salvador as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database.

Contents

Terrestrial ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

Marine ecoregions

Tropical East Pacific

See also

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Central American montane forests Ecoregion in Central America

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Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves

The Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves ecoregion covers a series of mangrove forests along the Pacific Ocean coast of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, from the southern margin of the Gulf of Fonseca to the Gulf of Nicoya near the border with Panama. Because the area is drier than the mangroves further south, evapotranspiration leaves some areas with higher salinity and even salt pans in the internal areas.

References

  1. ↑ "Central American montane forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Central American dry forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Central American pine-oak forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Gulf of Fonseca mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Northern Dry Pacific Coast mangrove". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  6. ↑ "Chiapas - Fonseca". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  7. ↑ "Marine Ecoregions (Spalding 2007). [Map by] GEOMAR, University of Seville, Department of Human Geography". Marine ecoregions. marineplan.es. Archived from the original (jpg) on 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
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