List of ecoregions in Germany

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The following is a list of ecoregions in Germany defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

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Terrestrial

Germany is in the Palearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate coniferous forests

Freshwater

Marine

Germany's seacoast is in the Temperate Northern Atlantic marine realm, and the Northern European Seas marine province.

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Biome Community of organisms associated with an environment

A biome is a large collection of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.

Ecoregion Ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion

An ecoregion or ecozone is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions. In theory, biodiversity or conservation ecoregions are relatively large areas of land or water where the probability of encountering different species and communities at any given point remains relatively constant, within an acceptable range of variation.

Biogeographic realm Broadest biogeographic division of Earths land surface

A biogeographic realm or ecozone is the broadest biogeographic division of Earth's land surface, based on distributional patterns of terrestrial organisms. They are subdivided into bioregions, which are further subdivided into ecoregions.

Ecoregions in Poland

Poland is part of four terrestrial ecoregions, one freshwater ecoregion, and one marine ecoregion.

Temperate Northern Atlantic Biogeographic region of the Earths seas, comprising the temperate and subtropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

The Temperate Northern Atlantic is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the temperate and subtropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean and connecting seas, including the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and northern Gulf of Mexico.

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