List of ecoregions in Nicaragua

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This is a list of ecoregions in Nicaragua 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

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

Marine ecoregions

Tropical Northwestern Atlantic

Tropical East Pacific

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References

  1. ↑ "Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forest". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Central American Atlantic moist forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Central American montane forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Costa Rican seasonal moist forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Central American dry forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  7. ↑ "Central American pine-oak forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  8. ↑ "Miskito pine forests". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  9. ↑ "Gulf of Fonseca mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  10. ↑ "Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  11. ↑ "Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  12. ↑ "Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  13. ↑ "Chiapas - Fonseca". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  14. ↑ "Mosquitia". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  15. ↑ "Estero Real - Tempisque". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  16. ↑ "San Juan (Nicaragua/Costa Rica)". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  17. 1 2 "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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