The following is a list of
ecoregions in
Mozambique, as identified by the
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Terrestrial ecoregions
''by
major habitat type
A biome () is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to the physical environment in which they are found and a shared regional climate. Biomes may span more than one continent. Biome is a broader ...
''
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
*
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
The Maputaland coastal forest mosaic is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa. It covers an area of in southern Mozambique, Eswatini, and the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Mozamb ...
*
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
*
Eastern miombo woodlands
The Eastern miombo woodlands (AT0706) are an ecoregion of grassland and woodland in northern Mozambique, southern Tanzania, and southeastern Malawi.
Setting
These species-rich savanna ecosystems cover wide areas of gentle hills and low valleys co ...
*
Southern miombo woodlands
*
Zambezian and mopane woodlands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
*
Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
The Zambezian coastal flooded savanna is a flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregion in Mozambique. It includes the coastal flooded savannas and grasslands in the deltas of the Zambezi, Pungwe, Buzi, and Save rivers.
Geography
The Zambezi, Pun ...
*
Zambezian flooded grasslands
*
Zambezian halophytics
The Makgadikgadi Pan (Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikg ...
Montane grasslands and shrublands
*
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
*
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
*
Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
Mangroves
*
East African mangroves
*
Southern Africa mangroves
Freshwater ecoregions
''by bioregion''
Great Lakes
*
Lake Malawi (
Malawi,
Mozambique, Tanzania)
Eastern and Coastal
*
Eastern Coastal Basins
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air Li ...
(
Mozambique, Tanzania)
* Lakes
Chilwa and
Chiuta The Tumbuka are an ethnic group living in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. In Tumbuka mythology, Chiuta (meaning "Great Bow") is the Supreme Creator and is symbolised in the sky by the rainbow.
Tumbuka has many myths that constitute part of the Tumbu ...
(
Malawi, Mozambique)
Zambezi
*
Zambezian Lowveld (
Mozambique, South Africa,
Swaziland
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
,
Zimbabwe)
*
Zambezi
**
Mulanje
Mulanje, formerly called Mlanje, is a town in the Southern Region of Malawi, close to the border with Mozambique, to the east. It is near the Mulanje Massif.
Location
The town of Mulanje lies along the M-2 highway from Thyolo to the west to t ...
(Malawi, Mozambique)
**
Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands
:''"Eastern Highlands" also refers to Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, and part of the Great Dividing Range, Australia.''
The Eastern Highlands, also known as the Manica Highlands, is a mountain range on the border of Zimbabwe ...
(Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
**
Zambezian (Plateau) Highveld (Zimbabwe)
**
Middle Zambezi Luangwa
Middle or The Middle may refer to:
* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek (d ...
(Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
**
Lower Zambezi
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
(Malawi, Mozambique)
Marine ecoregions
*
Bight of Sofala/Swamp Coast
*
Delagoa
*
East African Coral Coast
References
* Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). ''Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment''. Island Press, Washington DC.
* Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson ''et al.'' "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". ''Bioscience'' Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583
* Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). ''Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment''. Island Press, Washington DC.
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Ecoregions
An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) 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 l ...