List of ecoregions in Eritrea

The following is a list of ecoregions in Eritrea, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Ethiopian montane forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• East Sudanian savanna
• Sahelian Acacia savanna
• Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets

Montane grasslands and shrublands

• Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands

Deserts and xeric shrublands

• Eritrean coastal desert
• Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands

References

• Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.