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

Contents

• Terrestrial ecoregions
• Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Deserts and xeric shrublands
• Freshwater ecoregions
• Marine ecoregions
• References

Terrestrial ecoregions

Freshwater ecoregions

• Dry Sahel
• Senegal-Gambia Catchments
• Temporary Maghreb

Marine ecoregions

• Sahelian Upwelling

Related Research Articles

The Red Sea coastal desert is deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of Egypt and Sudan.

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.