List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF)

Yuya ŋɔ nyɛla freshwater ecoregions shɛŋa World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ni laɣim. Lala "freshwater ecoregion system" ŋɔ ŋmani la terrestrial ecoregions dini. Dunia t~iŋgbani zuɣusaa pu la "terrestrial biogeographic realms bee ecozones" dibaa anii,din mali ecoregions bini kɔbisi. Ecoregions pu la "biomes" bee biɛhigu shee din galisi balibu, ka lahi mali tiŋgbani mori nahingban yinsi. Lala kom yaɣa ŋɔ ŋmani la taba, ka mali" ecoregions" din pu "freshwater realms" mini "biomes".

Afrotropical

Ecoregions pumi ni "biome" (biɛhigu shee din bara). Kalinli nima nyɛla "WWF's ecoregion codes".

Moɣi titaŋa

559; Lake Malawi; (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
565; Lake Rukwa; (Tanzania)
542; Lake Tanganyika; (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia)
530; Lake Turkana; (Kenya)
521; Lake Victoria Basin; (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

Deltas kulibɔŋ karili

506; Niger Delta;

Montane freshwaters

541; Albertine Highlands;
577; Amatolo - Winterberg Highlands;
574; Drakensberg - Maluti Highlands;
563; Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands;
525; Ethiopian Highlands;
510; Fouta Djallon;
526; Lake Tana;
581; Madagascar Eastern Highlands;
513; Mount Nimba;
562; Mulanje;
519; Western Equatorial Crater Lakes;

Oceanic kosunsuuni tiŋgbana

Temperate coastal rivers

578; Cape Fold;

Temperate upland rivers

575; Southern Temperate Highveld;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

515; Ashanti;
517; Bight Drainages;
564; Coastal East Africa;
551; Cuanza;
514; Eburneo;
583; Madagascar Eastern Lowlands;
533; Northern Gulf of Guinea Drainages - Bioko;
511; Northern Upper Guinea;
532; Ogooue - Nyanga - Kouilou - Niari;
568; Pangani;
587; São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón;
518; Southern Gulf of Guinea Drainages;
512; Southern Upper Guinea;
567; Tana, Athi & Coastal Drainages;
576; Zambezian Lowveld;

Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes

544; Bangweulu Wetlands - Mweru;
537; Cuvette Centrale;
508; Inner Niger Delta;
557; Kafue;
546; Kasai;
550; Lower Congo;
549; Lower Congo Rapids;
505; Lower Niger - Benue;
561; Lower Zambezi;
547; Mai-Ndombe;
543; Malagarasi-Moyowosi;
548; Malebo Pool;
558; Middle Zambezi - Luangwa;
580; Northwestern Madagascar;
569; Okavango;
534; Sangha;
509; Senegal - Gambia;
535; Sudanic Congo - Oubangi;
538; Tumba;
539; Upper Congo Rapids;
545; Upper Lualaba;
522; Upper Nile;
556; Upper Zambezi Floodplains;
516; Volta;

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers

536; Uele;
540; Upper Congo;
507; Upper Niger;
555; Zambezian Headwaters;
560; Zambezian Highveld;

Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins

553; Etosha;
529; Horn of Africa;
570; Kalahari;
573; Karoo;
554; Karstveld Sink Holes;
520; Lake Chad;
552; Namib;
528; Northern Eastern Rift;
443; Oman Mountains;
531; Shebelle - Jubba;
566; Southern Eastern Rift;
571; Southern Kalahari;
582; Southern Madagascar;
439; Southwestern Arabian Coast;
579; Western Madagascar;
572; Western Orange;

Australasia

Montane freshwaters

751; Lake Poso;
750; Matano - Southern Malili Lakes;
814; New Guinea Central Mountains;
813; New Guinea North Coast;

Temperate coastal rivers

809; Bass Strait Drainages;
807; Eastern Coastal Australia;
811; New Zealand;
810; Southern Tasmania;
801; Southwestern Australia;

Indomalaya

Deltas kulibɔŋ titali

729; Mekong Delta;

Montane freshwaters

743; Borneo Highlands;
710; Ganges Himalayan Foothills;
723; Inle Lake;
753; Lake Lanao;

Oceanic kosunsuuni tiŋgbana

768; Andaman Islands;
769; Nicobar Islands;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

736; Aceh;
740; Central & Eastern Java;
767; Coastal Fujian - Zhejiang;
745; Eastern Borneo;
731; Eastern Gulf of Thailand Drainages;
758; Eastern Taiwan;
759; Hainan;
737; Indian Ocean Slope of Sumatra & Java;
741; Kapuas;
719; Lower Brahmaputra - Arakan Coast;
734; Malay Peninsula Eastern Slope;
752; Mindanao;
744; Northeastern Borneo;
760; Northern Annam;
735; Northern Central Sumatra - Western Malaysia;
755; Northern Philippine Islands;
742; Northwestern Borneo;
756; Palawan - Busuanga - Mindoro;
746; Southeastern Borneo;
716; Southeastern Ghats;
730; Southern Annam;
738; Southern Central Sumatra;
739; Southern Sumatra - Western Java;
717; Sri Lanka Dry Zone;
718; Sri Lanka Wet Zone;
715; Western Ghats;
757; Western Taiwan;

Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes

732; Chao Phraya;
709; Ganges Delta & Plain;
728; Kretie - Stung Treng (Mekong);
703; Lower & Middle Indus;
722; Lower & Middle Salween;
726; Lower Lan Cang (Mekong);
733; Mae Khlong;
708; Narmada - Tapi;
713; Northern Deccan Plateau;
720; Sitang - Irrawaddy;
761; Song Hong;
714; Southern Deccan Plateau;
763; Xi Yiang;

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers

727; Khorat Plateau (Mekong);
712; Middle Brahmaputra;

Nearctic

Large lakes

109; English - Winnipeg Lakes;
116; Laurentian Great Lakes;

Oceanic Islands

176; Bermuda;

Polar freshwaters

101; Alaskan Coastal;
112; Canadian Arctic Archipelago;
106; Central Arctic Coastal;
105; Lower Mackenzie;
102; Upper Yukon;
111; Western Hudson Bay;

Temperate coastal rivers

103; Alaska & Canada Pacific Coastal;
157; Appalachian Piedmont;
115; Canadian Atlantic Islands;
158; Chesapeake Bay;
140; East Texas Gulf;
113; Eastern Hudson Bay - Ungava;
114; Gulf of St.Lawrence Coastal Drainages;
118; Northeast US & Southeast Canada Atlantic Drainages;
123; Oregon & Northern California Coastal;
141; Sabine - Galveston;
125; Sacramento–San Joaquin;
119; Scotia - Fundy;
110; Southern Hudson Bay;
117; St.Lawrence;
154; West Florida Gulf;

Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands

155; Apalachicola;
121; Columbia Unglaciated;
149; Lower Mississippi;
135; Lower Rio Grande - Bravo;
143; Middle Missouri;
153; Mobile Bay;
104; Upper Mackenzie;
148; Upper Mississippi;

Temperate upland rivers

146; Central Prairie;
120; Columbia Glaciated;
151; Cumberland;
108; Middle Saskatchewan;
145; Ouachita Highlands;
147; Ozark Highlands;
150; Teays - Old Ohio;
152; Tennessee;
142; Upper Missouri;
132; Upper Rio Grande - Bravo;
107; Upper Saskatchewan;
122; Upper Snake;
144; US Southern Plains;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

156; Florida Peninsula;
162; Sinaloa;
139; West Texas Gulf;

Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins

127; Bonneville;
130; Colorado River;
136; Cuatro Ciénegas;
128; Death Valley;
131; Gila;
161; Guzmán–Samalayuca;
126; Lahontan;
165; Lerma - Chapala;
166; Llanos el Salado;
163; Mayran - Viesca;
124; Oregon Lakes;
133; Pecos;
134; Rio Conchos;
137; Salt River (Arizona);
138; Rio San Juan (Mexico);
160; Sonora;
159; Southern California Coastal–Baja California;
129; Vegas - Virgin;

Neotropic

Large lakes

303; Maracaibo;

Large river deltas

323; Amazonas Estuary & Coastal Drainages;
309; Orinoco Delta & Coastal Drainages;

Montane freshwaters

312; Amazonas High Andes;
340; Cuyan - Desaguadero;
305; Orinoco High Andes;
306; Orinoco Piedmont;
317; Ucayali - Urubamba Piedmont;
313; Western Amazon Piedmont;

Oceanic Islands

350; Galápagos Islands;
351; Juan Fernández Islands;

Temperate coastal rivers

347; Bonaerensean Drainages;
334; Laguna dos Patos;
348; Patagonia;
341; South Andean Pacific Slopes;
349; Valdivian Lakes;

Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands

345; Lower Paraná;

Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers

168; Ameca - Manantlan;
212; Bahama Archipelago;
209; Chagres;
201; Chiapas - Fonseca;
206; Chiriquí River;
172; Coatzacoalcos;
211; Cuba - Cayman Islands;
204; Estero Real - Tempisque;
352; Fluminense;
173; Grijalva - Usumacinta;
214; Hispaniola;
207; Isthmus Caribbean;
213; Jamaica;
203; Mosquitia;
301; North Andean Pacific Slopes - Rio Atrato;
326; Northeastern Caatinga & Coastal Drainages;
328; Northeastern Mata Atlantica;
167; Panuco;
171; Papaloapan;
329; Paraiba do Sul;
215; Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands;
202; Quintana Roo - Motagua;
330; Ribeira de Iguape;
169; Rio Balsas;
164; Rio Santiago;
210; Rio Tuira;
205; San Juan (Nicaragua/Costa Rica);
208; Santa Maria;
170; Sierra Madre del Sur;
304; South America Caribbean Drainages - Trinidad;
331; Southeastern Mata Atlantica;
335; Tramandaí - Mampituba;
216; Windward & Leeward Islands;
175; Yucatán;

Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes

316; Amazonas Lowlands;
342; Chaco;
307; Orinoco Llanos;
343; Paraguay;
314; Rio Negro;

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers

315; Amazonas Guiana Shield;
310; Essequibo;
319; Guapore - Iténez;
311; Guianas;
346; Iguassu;
332; Lower Uruguay;
321; Madeira Brazilian Shield;
302; Magdalena - Sinu;
318; Mamoré - Madre de Dios Piedmont;
308; Orinoco Guiana Shield;
325; Parnaíba;
327; S. Francisco;
320; Tapajós - Juruena;
324; Tocantins - Araguaia;
344; Upper Paraná;
333; Upper Uruguay;
174; Upper Usumacinta;
322; Xingu;

Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins

338; Atacama;
336; Central Andean Pacific Slopes;
339; Mar Chiquita - Salinas Grandes;
337; Titicaca;

Oceania

Oceanic Islands

217; Cocos Island (Costa Rica);
829; East Caroline Islands;
821; Fiji;
828; Hawaiian Islands;
826; Marquesas Islands;
827; Rapa;
823; Samoas;
824; Society Islands;
825; Tubuai Islands;
819; Vanuatu;
822; Wallis - Futuna;
830; West Caroline Islands;

Palearctic

Large lakes

629; Aral Sea Drainages;
643; Biwa Ko;
452; Caspian Marine;
606; Lake Baikal;
627; Lake Issyk Kul - Upper Chu;
409; Lake Onega - Lake Ladoga;
453; Volga Delta - Northern Caspian Drainages;

Large river deltas

524; Nile Delta;

Montane freshwaters

604; Chuya;
725; Er Hai;
705; Indus Himalayan Foothills;
633; Upper Yellow River;
634; Upper Yellow River Corridor;
706; Upper Indus;
704; Yaghistan;
762; Yunnan Lakes;

Polar freshwater

602; Ob;
610; Anadyr;
407; Barents Sea Drainages;
611; East Chukotka;
401; Iceland - Jan Mayen;
609; Kolyma;
608; Lena;
406; Northern Baltic Drainages;
405; Norwegian Sea Drainages;
607; Taimyr;
605; Yenisei;

Temperate coastal rivers

424; Aegean Drainages;
420; Albania;
501; Atlantic Northwest Africa;
403; Cantabric Coast - Languedoc;
615; Coastal Amur;
426; Crimea Peninsula;
419; Dalmatia;
638; Eastern Yellow Sea Drainages;
415; Gulf of Venice Drainages;
640; Hamgyong - Sanmaek;
642; Honshū - Shikoku - Kyūshū;
421; Ionian Drainages;
416; Italian Peninsula & Islands;
613; Kamchatka & Northern Kurils;
612; Koryakia;
428; Kuban;
502; Mediterranean Northwest Africa;
430; Northern Anatolia;
402; Northern British Isles;
451; Northern Hormuz Drainages;
614; Okhotsk Coast;
437; Orontes;
641; Sakhalin, Hokkaido, & Sikhote-Alin Coast;
639; Southeastern Korean Peninsula;
432; Southern Anatolia;
408; Southern Baltic Lowlands;
423; Thrace;
422; Vardar;
429; Western Anatolia;
412; Western Iberia;
433; Western Transcaucasia;

Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands

404; Central & Western Europe;
425; Dnieper - Southern Bug;
418; Dniester - Lower Danube;
427; Don;
414; Eastern Iberia;
635; Yellow River Great Bend;
434; Kura - South Caspian Drainages;
637; Liao He;
616; Lower Amur;
636; Lower Yellow River;
441; Lower Tigris & Euphrates;
766; Lower Yangtze;
620; Songhua Jiang;
413; Southern Iberia;
442; Upper Tigris & Euphrates;
410; Volga - Ural;

Temperate upland rivers

618; Argun;
626; Lower & Middle Syr Darya;
630; Middle Amu Darya;
617; Middle Amur;
765; Middle Yangtze;
628; Northern Central Asian Highlands;
632; Qaidan;
619; Shilka (Amur);
417; Upper Danube;
603; Upper Irtysh;
764; Upper Yangtze;

Tropical and subtropical upland rivers

711; Upper Brahmaputra;
724; Upper Lan Cang (Mekong);
721; Upper Salween;

Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins

440; Arabian Interior;
624; Balkash - Alakul;
701; Baluchistan;
446; Caspian Highlands;
431; Central Anatolia;
436; Coastal Levant;
504; Dry Sahel;
623; Dzungaria;
449; Esfahan;
702; Helmand - Sistan;
621; Inner Mongolia Endorheic Basins;
601; Irgyz - Turgai;
438; Jordan River;
448; Kavir & Lut Deserts;
444; Lake Van;
523; Lower Nile;
447; Namak;
445; Orumiyeh;
503; Sahara;
435; Sinai;
625; Tarim;
707; Tibetan Plateau Endorheic Drainages;
450; Turan Plain;
631; Upper Amu Darya;
411; Western Caspian Drainages;
622; Western Mongolia;
527; Western Red Sea Drainages;

Lihimi m-pahi

External links

Freshwater Ecoregions of the World

Kundivihira

Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, D.C..
Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington, D.C..
"Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: Major Habitat Types" Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed May 12, 2008.