List of ecoregions in Mozambique

The following is a list of

Terrestrial ecoregions

by

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

• Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
• Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

• Eastern miombo woodlands
• Southern miombo woodlands
• Zambezian and mopane woodlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

• Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
• Zambezian flooded grasslands
• Zambezian halophytics

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 (Mozambique, Tanzania)
• Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta (Malawi, Mozambique)

Zambezi

• Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  )
• Zambezi
  • Mulanje (Malawi, Mozambique)
  • Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands
    (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
  • Zambezian (Plateau) Highveld (Zimbabwe)
  • Middle Zambezi Luangwa (Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
  • Lower Zambezi (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. [1]
• Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.