List of ecoregions in Guatemala

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This is a list of ecoregions of Guatemala 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

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers

Marine ecoregions

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

Tropical East Pacific

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Central American Atlantic moist forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Central American montane forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Chiapas montane forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Petén-Veracruz moist forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  6. ↑ "Yucatán moist forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  7. ↑ "Central American dry forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  8. ↑ "Chiapas Depression dry forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  9. ↑ "Central American pine-oak forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  10. ↑ "Motagua Valley thornscrub". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  11. ↑ "Belizean Coast mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  12. ↑ "Northern Honduras mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  13. ↑ "Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  14. ↑ "Northern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  15. ↑ "Grijalva - Usumacinta". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  16. ↑ "Quintana Roo - Motagua". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  17. ↑ "Chiapas - Fonseca". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  18. ↑ "Upper Usumacinta". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  19. 1 2 "Marine Ecoregions (Spalding 2007). [Map by] GEOMAR, University of Seville, Department of Human Geography". Marine ecoregions. marineplan.es. Archived from the original on 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  20. ↑ "Mesoamerican Reef". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
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