List of ecoregions in Namibia

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

Contents

Terrestrial ecoregions

by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Freshwater ecoregions

by bioregion

Zambezi

Marine ecoregions

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